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City of Men
City of Men

 enlarge 		Directors: Katia Lund, Cao Hamburger, Philippe Barcinski, Cesar Charlone, Paulo Lins
Actors: Leandro Firmino, Alexandre Rodrigues, Daniel Zettel
Studio: Palm Pictures / Umvd
Category: DVD

List Price: $32.98
Buy New: $21.27
You Save: $11.71 (36%)



Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 12 reviews
Sales Rank: 14217

Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Portuguese (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 570 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: PALMDV3141
UPC: 660200314125
EAN: 0660200314125

Release Date: September 26, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
As Seen on the SUNDANCE CHANNELFrom the team behind the Academy Award-nominated feature CITY OF GOD including directors Fernando Meirelles (THE CONSTANT GARDNER) and K tia Lund comes the hit Brazilian television series CITY OF MEN a comedy/drama about two teenage boys growing up in a dangerous Rio de Janeiro slum starring Darlan Cunha and Douglas Silva featured in the motion picture that inspired this series.The CITY is a shantytown located in one of the many mountains of Rio de Janeiro. The MEN are two 13-year-old kids Laranjinha and Acerola. This series brilliantly mixes humor and reality to explore life in the "favelas" and in particular the indomitable spirit of two best friends growing up in one of most volatile communities in the world.System Requirements:Run Time: 570 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 660200314125 Manufacturer No: PALMDV3141

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Brazilian TV series City of Men is a dazzling, propulsive, and fiery exploration of life in a chaotic Rio de Janeiro slum, seen through the eyes of Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha). These two boys prove to be amazingly charming tour guides to a world by turns terrifying and exhilarating. Using the jam-packed storytelling that made the movie City of God such a revelation, the first episode alone is a marvel, merging the history of Napoleon with a cutting analysis of drug lords and class structure in the poverty-ridden neighborhood. The other three episodes of the first series carry on this riveting approach, mingling social observation with rich, compelling characters. From the second series on, the show becomes less overtly political and more about Acerola and Laranjinha's passage from youth to adulthood (embracing, with humor and pathos, the adolescent boys' obsession with sex)--though every episode has some sly or startling observation about race, wealth, and gender. Each series is filmed a year after the previous one, so the boys literally grow before our eyes; it's impossible to watch and not feel deeply involved as Acerola woos a girl named Cristiane and ends up a way-too-young father, or as an innocent prank escalates into a life-and-death struggle. Some episodes teeter on the brink of silliness--one of the last ones has the boys engaging in absurd cross-dressing--but the briskness of the writing and the charisma of Silva and Cunha carry the show through. Add to this the dynamic musical score of Brazilian pop and samba, and you have essential viewing. World music has already found popularity in the U.S.; welcome to a masterpiece of world television. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews:   Read 7 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT FOLLOW-UP TELEVISION SERIES IN THE SPIRIT OF CITY OF GOD   February 21, 2008
This series does not follow the exact story or timeline as the movie City Of God but it takes place in Rio de Janeiro in the Favela. I was entertained and pleased with the acting, cinematography, and realness. I almost felt that I was there and I could have been there in my younger years.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent   September 2, 2007
This is an amazing brazlian production where you can have an excellent idea of the "favela" reality.

It worths every penny!


5 out of 5 stars Growing up in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas   August 27, 2007
The movie is about two teenagers,Acerola and Laranjinha.Both are 13 yrs.old,although as you go further along the series,they progressively become older teenagers. They grow up in Rio de Janeiro's dangerous slum(called the favelas)where it is said that residents are lucky if they live up to the age of 20. The City of Men is an excellent comedy drama where humor is mixed with the harsh reality of an environment of crime,drugs,sex and instant death. The scenes as well as the sounds such as the gunshots are so realistic that one may wonder if he/she is watching an actual true-to-life high quality footage of a crime scene.
The two kid actors are so talented that you may be so engrossed with the movie that you'll begin to feel you are part of the scene following those two and sharing their fears,uneasiness,disappointments,risks and repugnance to the crimes they witness blending with their spirit,courage,
gentleness,compassion,humor and accomplishments.All of these reflected in a setting of poverty. You couldn't help but love these two kids as you go along and see them through the episodes. Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles. Abssolutely 5 stars.


5 out of 5 stars There is a way to live different than ours   August 24, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is the best way to show your kids that there is a different way to live besides the materialism that we are used to, and guess what, there is happiness there too, and lots of it. Here you will see how two best friends grow in one of Rio de Janeiro`s favelas, and get face to face with gangs and drug traffic, poverty, sexuality, and family problems and manage to come up being great persons, maybe not to be wealthy, but good persons, and have lots of fun while facing all this. This is the kind of TV product that should be shown to every student in every school in every first world country. Parabens Acerola e Laranjinha


5 out of 5 stars one of the best shows ever!   July 3, 2007
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

i dont want to repeat anything that's already been said but i just love this series so much i had to come on here and give it 5 stars. i'd give 100 if i could!

i watched the entire series over 3 days time and i would reccommend it to anyone of any age. it's just so entertaining, making you laugh, cry, learn and think. the actors who play acerola and laranjinha are extremely talented (and there are a lot of hot guys in the series - tons of eye-candy.)

the subtitles are great, the brazilian-portugese is an awesome language, so nice to listen to and you will probably inadvertently learn some while watching this!





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