City of Men

    Genre
    Crime, Drama
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  • Runtime
    106 mins
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  • Rated
    R
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  • Release Date
    2007
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  • Countries
    Brazil
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  • Languages
    Portuguese
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DIRECTED BY:
Paulo Morelli
WRITTEN BY:
Elena Soarez, Roberto Moreira, Paulo Morelli
CAST INCLUDES:
Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos, Camila Monteiro

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

"A compelling and visually arresting drama from Brazil" (San Francisco Chronicle). Douglas Silva (BLINDNESS, CITY OF GOD) and Darlan Cuhna (CITY OF GOD, BRAVA GENTE) star in this Brazilian crime drama about two young men forced to reckon with their fathers' pasts, blending the blood of family and friends.

SYNOPSIS

In the slum in Morro da Sinuca, a couple of days before turning eighteen year-old, Laranjinha tells his best friend and also orphan Acerola that he misses his unknown father. Acerola decides to help his needy friend to find his father and they discover that he is in prison convicted for killing a man during a robbery and near to be released on parole. Meanwhile, Acerola’s wife and babysitter Cris is invited to work in São Paulo and she sees the chance to raise money to buy a house of her own; she tells Acerola that he must take care of their son Clayton alone for one year. When the owner of the hill and Laranjinha’s cousin Madrugadão is betrayed by his right-hand Nefasto, he is expelled from the slum and Laranjinha and Acerola have also to leave the hill. While Madrugadão plots a plan to invade and recover the hill with the support of the gang of the drug lord from Morro do Careca, Acerola and Laranjinha unravel the past of their fathers.

City of Men

    Genre
    Crime, Drama
  • |
  • Runtime
    106 mins
  • |
  • Rated
    R
  • |
  • Release Date
    2007
  • |
  • Countries
    Brazil
  • |
  • Languages
    Portuguese
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Paulo Morelli
WRITTEN BY
Elena Soarez, Roberto Moreira, Paulo Morelli
CAST INCLUDES
Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo dos Santos, Camila Monteiro
"A compelling and visually arresting drama from Brazil" (San Francisco Chronicle). Douglas Silva (BLINDNESS, CITY OF GOD) and Darlan Cuhna (CITY OF GOD, BRAVA GENTE) star in this Brazilian crime drama about two young men forced to reckon with their fathers' pasts, blending the blood of family and friends.

In the slum in Morro da Sinuca, a couple of days before turning eighteen year-old, Laranjinha tells his best friend and also orphan Acerola that he misses his unknown father. Acerola decides to help his needy friend to find his father and they discover that he is in prison convicted for killing a man during a robbery and near to be released on parole. Meanwhile, Acerola’s wife and babysitter Cris is invited to work in São Paulo and she sees the chance to raise money to buy a house of her own; she tells Acerola that he must take care of their son Clayton alone for one year. When the owner of the hill and Laranjinha’s cousin Madrugadão is betrayed by his right-hand Nefasto, he is expelled from the slum and Laranjinha and Acerola have also to leave the hill. While Madrugadão plots a plan to invade and recover the hill with the support of the gang of the drug lord from Morro do Careca, Acerola and Laranjinha unravel the past of their fathers.