City of God vs In Her Name
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.8/10 for In Her Name). In Her Name is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 2h 9m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2016). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
In Her Name| City of God | In Her Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Vincent Garenq |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Daniel Auteuil, Marie-Josée Croze, Sebastian Koch, Tom Hudson, Natalie Beder |
Synopsis
City of God
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
In Her Name
In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to…
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