City of God

The genre of the film City of God is gangster, this may not be very obvious from looking at posters or at the beginning film as the majority of the characters are children or young adults, the film is also based in a rural area of Brazil which is not a location you would typically expect a gangster film to be set in, however the genre is established in the Motel scene where Lil'Dice and the Tender Trio hold a heist, where we later see Lil'Dice shoot and kill the people in the motel, after this the use of violence in the film is quite strong and heavy until the end, whereby people are mainly killed with guns which a typical feature and convention used in any gangster film, the use of drugs is also a huge giveaway as to what genre the film is as the storyline almost revolves around the drugs as the drugs are one of the reasons things in the film happen e.g characters being introduced or gaining reputation, or even being killed.

Females in the film are seen as objects  as the only thing we really see them do in the film is have sex with the other male characters, for example Rockets only objective with the other women is to lose his virginity, Lil'ze also rapes Knock out neds Girl as he wanted her, this shows he has no respect for her or women as he feels he can do whatever he wishes to them just to show he is the powerful one.
The children in this film are not necessarily given the innocent image that children would usually have as most of them are criminals and killers, starting with Lil'Dice/Ze who kills many people who are all older than him and he shows no mercy whilst doing so which is something completely unexpected from a child.
The runts are a group of children who behave in a similar way to Lil'Dice, however less violent as when some of them are confronted with guns by Lil'Dice and his crew two of the Runts are stood their crying which is the first time we see these children really act like children.
Males are seen as the dominant and powerful ones in this film as they are the only people who have top roles or are bosses and tend to run things around the City of God.

   The film is aimed at an 18+ audience due to the use of violence, drug use and language, these would appeal to this group of people as they may be able to understand the storyline better and also cope with the harsh violence in the film.
The film is spoken in Portuguese so people who don't speak the language would have to read the subtitles and also concentrate on the action that is going on, a younger audience would not be able to do this due to having a shorter attention spam and would not get the whole picture.