General Questions

Question 1

Rocket

Answer 1

Alexander Rodrigues

Question 2

Li’l Ze

Answer 2

Leandro Firmino

Question 3

Benny

Answer 3

Phellipe Haagensen

Question 4

Li’l Dice

Answer 4

Douglas Silva

Question 5

Shaggy

Answer 5

Johnathan Haagensen

Question 6

Carrot

Answer 6

Matheus Nachtergaele

Question 7

Knockout Ned

Answer 7

Seu Jorge

Question 8

Angelica

Answer 8

Alice Braga

Question 9

What is the significance of the title?

Answer 9

• it is ironic: the amounts of violence is something God likely wouldn’t promote
• God is forgotten, it is a ‘godless’ society
• could suggest Li’l Zoe’s godlike control over the city

Question 10

Does the film glamourise violence or is violence used to produce empathy in the audience?

Answer 10

It shows an authentic portrayal of the dark reality of gang culture/violence, shows the real and gritty life of the slums

Question 11

What does the alteration of chronology illustrate/disrupt?

Answer 11

The film starts in media res with the end scene: a cyclical structure. We have no context of what is happening but there’s a lot of foreshadowing that we don’t realise upon first watch

Question 12

Why is the story told through Rocket’s eyes, and what is the effect?

Answer 12

He’s a photographer, so sees everything as art. His camera is his weapon, not a gun. He’s desensitised to the events as he has grown up with all this violence