Rocket

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Rocket is the young, aspiring photographer who narrates and anchors the story of life in the Rio de Janeiro favela in the film "City of God."

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
acquaintanceOf Li'l Zé NERFINISHED
adaptedBy Bráulio Mantovani NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Buscapé NERFINISHED
appearsIn City of God NERFINISHED
associatedWith newspaper photography
basedOn Buscapé NERFINISHED
basedOnWork City of God (novel) NERFINISHED
characterArc from favela youth to professional photographer
characterTrait introspective
nonviolent
observant
coDirectorOfWork Kátia Lund NERFINISHED
countryOfWork Brazil NERFINISHED
createdBy Paulo Lins NERFINISHED
createdForWork City of God NERFINISHED
familyBackground poor favela family
fictionalLocation Cidade de Deus favela NERFINISHED
Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED
filmDirectorOfWork Fernando Meirelles NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 2002
firstAppearance City of God (2002 film) NERFINISHED
friendOf Benny NERFINISHED
gender male
genreOfWork crime drama
goal to escape favela violence through photography
hasAgeRangeInFilm teenager to young adult
languageOfCharacter Portuguese
medium film
moralAlignment relatively neutral observer
narratesEventsOf rise of organized crime in Cidade de Deus
narrativeFunction anchor of the story
narrativePerspective first-person narrator
narratorOf City of God NERFINISHED
nationality Brazilian
occupation aspiring photographer
photographer
photographs daily life in the favela
gang violence in Cidade de Deus
portrayedBy Alexandre Rodrigues NERFINISHED
primaryThemeAssociation life in Rio de Janeiro favelas
providesViewpointOn social inequality in Brazil
roleInWork narrator
protagonist
settingTimePeriod 1960s–1980s Rio de Janeiro
speaksLanguage Portuguese
youngerVersionPortrayedBy Luis Otávio NERFINISHED

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City of God mainCharacter Rocket