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City of God : Li'l Ze's Backstory

Li'l Ze (Leandro Firmino) begins killing people as a child, and he is given protection in his adulthood in a Candomblé ceremony.

Li'l Ze's Backstory

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canted frame, close-up, color, dissolve, fast motion, flashback (anelipsis), focus, freeze frame, handheld camera, investigative camera, jump cut, lighting, long shot, low angle, medium shot, montage (thematic), music, nondiegetic, narration, narrator, overhead shot, pan, reaction shot, retrospective plot, slow motion, superimposed titles, whip pan

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"Li'l Ze's Backstory" in City of God. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, O2 Filmes, 2002, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3976

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