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2004

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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
Director	Meirelles, Lund, Paolo Lins, Paulo Morelli
Genres	Drama, Television

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Starring	Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos, Camila Monteiro, Naima Silva
Director	Meirelles, Lund, Paolo Lins, Paulo Morelli
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 4 hrs 30 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, Television
Language	DVD: Portuguese
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2004 To Rent: DVD: 27 Sep 2004

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  Taste the Favela!!!
  
  For me this is television at its best!! Vibrant, exciting, scary, funny, depressing and heart warming, this series is many things!!
  
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  You either like these or hate them, I liked it. It's difficult to believe from the comfort of my home that these conditions still exist in this day and age... read more »
  
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  A series of two halves
  
  Series 1 Disc 1- intense,believable & memorable. Amonst the best TV you will see anywhere.
  
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  Funny Favelas
  
  Is this Brazil's Coronation Street? Happy-go-Lucky favela kids have amusing adventures. I wish it was reality!
  
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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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  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 ...