Top Cast
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Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé
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Edson Oliveira
Barbantinho
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Carol Dall Farra
Slammer
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Dudu Neves
Slammer
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Khalifa Idd
Paulinho
Overview
With executive production by Fernando Meirelles and direction by Fred Luz, actors Alexandre Rodrigues and Edson Oliveira are Buscapé and Barbantinho, two friends who meet again in today's City of God: bigger, more diverse and connected.
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