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City Of Men
2004
Taking place in a notorious Ro slum, and filmed on location using local actors to capture the gritty realism of Brazilian street life, City of Men follows the adventures of two teenage boys Laranjinha and Acerola as they struggle to grow up surrounded by poverty and lucrative temptations offered by the drug trade. Read more
| Starring | Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos |
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| Director | Meirelles, Paulo Morelli, Lund, Paolo Lins |
| Genres | Drama |
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City Of Men
Taking place in a notorious Ro slum, and filmed on location using local actors to capture the gritty realism of Brazilian street life, City of Men follows the adventures of two teenage boys Laranjinha and Acerola as they struggle to grow up surrounded by poverty and lucrative temptations offered by the drug trade.
| Starring | Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos, Camila Monteiro, Naima Silva |
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| Director | Meirelles, Paulo Morelli, Lund, Paolo Lins |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 4 hrs 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: Portuguese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Sep 2004 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
City Of Men (2 discs) (2004)
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14 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Taste the Favela!!!
For me this is television at its best!! Vibrant, exciting, scary, funny, depressing and heart warming, this series is many things!!
I love the styles, the different film stocks and techniques!! The photography is very strong indeed!!
And its a very character based piece and I found them very endearing and I was firmly behind them all the way!!
My two favourite episodes was 'Post'from the first series and 'Saturday' on the second!
If you liked 'Cidade de Deus' (City Of God) or 'Carandiru', then I guarantee that you will appreciate this one!! It's a real gem!!!!!
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Awesome series!
If you enjoyed City of Men you will undoubtedly appreciate this terrific series by the same director. It is similarly set in a Brazillian slum and focusses on the lives of two teenage boys. As a window into another world I found it compelling and touching... the stories are varied and all are interesting and enjoyable. It is a delightfully shot and scripted experience and the two leads are both likeable and endearing characters. If you are in any way interested in how the inhabitants of a most difficult place to live and survive scratch a living, then look no further. City of Men is a rich and rewarding experience. Enjoy!
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City of Men
- 14 Jul 2008
Six years ago, a gangster film set in the favelas of Rio had a tremendous impact all around the world. City of God was co-directed by Fernando Mereilles (responsible for the flashy, Scorsese-style camera style) and Katia Lund (who worked with the cast, mostly kids who came straight from the same impoverished background depicted in the movie). Young people everywhere responded to its stunningly visceral portrait of a brutal, desperate lifestyle, where everybody carried a gun and death could... Read more
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