City of God primarily explores themes of crime, poverty, and survival in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or storylines, focusing instead on heterosexual relationships and the violent realities of its setting.

The film "City of God" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on crime, poverty, and the cycle of violence within the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, without engaging with gender identity beyond cisgender portrayals.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film "City of God" is an adaptation of Paulo Lins' novel. All major characters retain the same gender as established in the source material, with no instances of a character canonically one gender being portrayed as another.

The film is an adaptation of a Brazilian novel set in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The characters, both in the source material and on screen, are consistently portrayed as Black or mixed-race Brazilians, aligning with the story's context. No character established as one race in the source material is depicted as a different race in the film.