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City of Men
Brazilian theatrical release poster
PortugueseCidade dos Homens
Directed byPaulo Morelli
Screenplay byElena Soarez
Story by
  • Elena Soarez
  • Paulo Morelli
Based on
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAdriano Goldman
Edited byDaniel Rezende
Music byAntonio Pinto
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 31, 2007 (2007-08-31)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
LanguagePortuguese
Box office$2.6 million[2]

City of Men (Portuguese: Cidade dos Homens) is a 2007 Portuguese-language drama film directed by Paulo Morelli. The screenplay was written by Elena Soarez, based on a story by Morelli and Soarez. It is a film version of the TV series Cidade dos Homens that ran for four seasons in Brazil following the international success of the film City of God (2002); both directed by producer Fernando Meirelles. The film was released on August 31, 2007, in the United States by Miramax Films (who also distributed City of God in the US) and in Brazil by Petrobras Distribuidora. It received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

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Best friends Acerola ("Ace") and Laranjinha ("Wallace") live in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and have been raised without their fathers. They are turning eighteen as a war between rival drug gangs begins around them. Wallace, with Ace's help, gets to meet his father, Heraldo, in person, a parolee living not very far away, only to witness the police arrest of his father a few days after. Wallace and Ace discover that their fathers were best friends, but Heraldo killed Ace's father in a robbery incident. Each discovers things about his missing father that could potentially compromise their solid friendship. At the end, they decide to leave "the Hill" and lead a responsible life.

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Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, City of Men currently has an approval rating of 74% and an average score of 6.7 out of 10, based on 82 critic reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Brutal and unflinching, City of Men is both a harrowing look at Brazil's favela life, and a touching tale of youths rushed into adulthood."[3] The film also receives a weighted average rating of 63 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 25 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Cidade dos Homens". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "City of Men". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "City of Men (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "City of Men Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved April 8, 2021.

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