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rating: 4
"If you die your son will be like us. Fatherless."
From a film-makers point of view, this film is a daunting task. It has many characters but still grasps your attention. There are so many very good foreign language films nowadays. I thought Tsotsi was top notch and now, City of Men. I mean, wow! The characters in the film are young men involved in gangs, carefully woven in their anger and paranoid youth is a sense of dread and being doomed. Excellent drama. This is a must watch for anyone who's remotely interested. There will be a scene where you will laugh really really hard. There's a little kid in the film that you'll want to cuddle. You'll never want to live the character's life though. Also ... it actually made me think about something most men don't ever think of. It's about fatherhood. Before I become incoherent, I'll just end by saying, this film is going to do really well and is a must must watch. Thankyou for reading.
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EXCELLENT FOLLOW-UP TELEVISION SERIES IN THE SPIRIT OF CITY OF GOD
rating: 5
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.
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Excellent
rating: 5
This is an amazing brazlian production where you can have an excellent idea of the "favela" reality.
It worths every penny!
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Growing up in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
rating: 5
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.
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There is a way to live different than ours
rating: 5
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
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