One Photo — Meet Your Twin from City of God

The kid from the favela who wanted a camera instead of a gun — the only escape route nobody was fighting over. Survives two decades of war by being too honest to join and too curious to leave.

The boy who laughed while pulling the trigger and grew into the most feared man in the City of God. Wanted an empire and got one — everything except the one thing money can't buy there: being liked.

The coolest hood in the favela — Li'l Zé's partner and polar opposite. Throws the best parties, keeps the peace, dreams of a farm. His farewell party is the story's turning point.

The leader of the Tender Trio — robbing gas trucks in an era when outlaws still had rules. His generation's endings all arrive the same way; his comes chasing a getaway that almost worked.

The mellow dealer who just wants to run his corner in peace — in a city where peace is the one product nobody stocks. Every war finds him anyway.

The handsome bus-fare collector and army veteran who wanted no part of the war — until the war came to his family. The favela's most tragic proof that revenge has no exit ramp.

The girl who represents everything outside the war — beach days, first kisses, a normal future. Everyone in the story loves her; the story lets almost no one keep her.