Plot summary :
It’s the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler’s personal secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer’s bunker. Facing inevitable defeat, Hilter’s moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills her children. The movie goes on to show how Hitler and Eva lived their last hours in the Bunker…

Movie info :
User rating: 8.5/10
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 14 wins & 13 nominations

Cast overview :
Bruno Ganz
Alexandra Maria Lara
Corinna Harfouch
Ulrich Matthes
Juliane Köhler

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363163/

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Popularity: 21% [?]

Plot summary :
Cidade de Deus (City of God, also known as God’s Town) is a housing project built in the 1960’s that–in the early 80’s–became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: Buscapé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also too smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But Buscapé soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he’s been given an artist’s point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As Buscapé is not the real protagonist of the film–only the narrator–he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through Buscapé’s perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence…

Movie info :
User rating: 8.8/10
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 49 wins & 25 nominations

Cast overview :
Alexandre Rodrigues
Leandro Firmino
Phellipe Haagensen
Douglas Silva
Jonathan Haagensen

IMDB page :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/

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Popularity: 8% [?]