City of God vs Leviathan
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.4/10 for Leviathan). City of God is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 21m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2014). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of God
Leviathan| City of God | Leviathan | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2014 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 2h 21m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Andrey Zvyagintsev |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Aleksey Serebryakov, Aleksey Rozin, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madyanov |
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.
Leviathan
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
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