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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Rocket canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
acquaintanceOf Li'l Zé
adaptedBy Bráulio Mantovani
alsoKnownAs Buscapé
appearsIn City of God
associatedWith newspaper photography
basedOn Buscapé
basedOnWork City of God (novel)
characterArc from favela youth to professional photographer
characterTrait introspective
nonviolent
observant
coDirectorOfWork Kátia Lund
countryOfWork Brazil
createdBy Paulo Lins
createdForWork City of God
familyBackground poor favela family
fictionalLocation Cidade de Deus favela
Rio de Janeiro
filmDirectorOfWork Fernando Meirelles
filmReleaseYear 2002
firstAppearance City of God (2002 film)
linked to: City of God
friendOf Benny
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
nationality Brazilian
occupation aspiring photographer
photographer
photographs daily life in the favela
gang violence in Cidade de Deus
portrayedBy Alexandre Rodrigues
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

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City of God mainCharacter Rocket
Li'l Zé conflictsWith Rocket