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City of Men (Cidade dos Homens) (2008)
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In director Paulo Morelli's follow-up to Fernando Meirelles's Oscar-nominated City of God, 18-year-old best friends Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) are struggling to come to terms with the pressures of manhood in the midst a bloody neighborhood gang war. Rodrigo dos Santos and Jonathan Haagensen also star in this brutally realistic and heartbreaking exposé on life in the mean streets of Rio de Janeiro.
| Release Date: | February 29th, 2008 |
| Running Time: | 110 minutes |
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| City of Men (Cidade dos Homens) Movie Review by Movie Addict (12/19/2008) |
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Amidst poverty, racism, drugs, guns and violence, the absence of schools, hospitals, formal employment or government assistance, life in Rio's favelas is a constant challenge.
Here, we watch two young men grow up fatherless. Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) is trying to find his father as he turns 18 so that his name can be on...
(complete City of Men (Cidade dos Homens) review by Movie Addict)
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