
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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.
Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha

Jefechander Suplino
Alicate

Alice Braga
Angélica
Emerson Gomes
Barbantinho

Edson Oliveira
Barbantinho Adulto

Michel Gomes
Bené Criança

Roberta Rodrigues
Berenice

Luis Otávio
Buscapé (criança)

Kiko Marques
Cabeção

Gustavo Engracia
Editor do Jornal