

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.

Buscapé - Rocket

Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé

Bené - Benny

Dadinho - Li'l Dice

Cabeleira - Shaggy

Sandro Cenoura - Carrot

Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned

Alicate - Clipper

Angélica
Barbantinho - Stringy

Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy

Bené Criança - Young Benny

Berenice - Bernice

Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket

Cabeção - Melonhead

Editor do Jornal - Rogerio Reis

Filé-com-Fritas - Steak and Fries
Gelson - Gerson

Lampião
Lúcia Maracanã

Marina Cintra

Marreco - Goose
Mulher do Paraíba - Shorty's Wife

Namorada do Galinha - Knockout's Girlfriend
Neguinho - Blacky

Otávio
Pai Buscapé - Rocket's Father

Paraíba - Shorty

Rafael
Thiago - Tiago

Tio Sam - Uncle Sam
Touro
Tuba

Vizinha do Paraíba - Shorty's Neighbor
Caixa Baixa - Runts
Caixa Baixa - Runts
Caixa Baixa - Runts
Caixa Baixa - Runts

Caixa Baixa - Runts
Caixa Baixa - Runts

Caixa Baixa - Runts
Caixa Baixa - Runts
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang

Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang

Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang / Bando Cenoura
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang

Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
Cocotas - Groovies

Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies

Cocotas - Groovies
Cocotas - Groovies
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Polícia - Police
Aristóteles
Ba
Exu

Garoto viciado - Addicted Kid

Gerente do supermercado - Supermarket Manager

Grande - Big Boy
Irmão Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned's Brother
Irmão Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned's Brother
Jabá
Jovem Trabalhador - Young Worker
Mãe Buscapé - Rocket's Mother
Motorista do DKW - Driver

Mulher do Neguinho - Blacky's Wife
Mulher do Ônibus - Woman on Bus
Pastor da Igreja - Shepherd of the Church
Paulista - Man from São Paulo

Recepcionista do Motel

Newspaper Employee (uncredited)
Producer
Producer
Producer

Production Design

Producer
Production Manager
Producer
Producer
Director of Photography
Makeup Artist

Editor
Visual Effects Supervisor
Creature Design
Screenplay
Producer
Screenplay
Author
Executive Producer

Producer

Producer
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Production Manager
Executive Producer
Costume Design
Sound Designer
Dialogue Editor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Recordist
Steadicam Operator
Sound Effects Editor
Third Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director

Assistant Director Trainee
Assistant Director Trainee

Director
First Assistant Camera
Co-Director
Assistant Editor