A encenação da violência: um exemplo no filme Cidade de Deus

Abstract

This work analyses certain meaning effects of presence in relation to the addressee in the organization ofthe discourse. It is about one of the scenes of the Brazilian film City of God (Cidade de Deus) considered an example for the discussion proposed here because it creates isotopies o f everyday violence in the Brazilian slums and, at the same time, is responsable for the enunciatee's attention flood alterations. As far as this moment creates metaphors as concems the thematic point ofview, it represents the coming oftheir social micro universe subjects and the text tensiveness perspective. lt also advances virtual accelerations in the film 's narrative rhythm and in the viewer's perception, who is converted into the sensitive observer o f happenings.