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"City of Men"
2002-2005
Directed by Fernando Meirelles / Katia Lund

Capitalizing on the due success of their film City of God, directors Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund created this hit series for Brazilian TV. Douglas Silva and Darlan Cunha, returning cast members of City of God, play best friends scheming and dreaming their way through life on the precarious Rio de Janeiro streets, where video games and hip clothes factor into a boy's life just as much as guns and drugs. Shot on location and filmed in the same frenetic, gripping style as the feature-length film, City of Men updates the setting to present day and explores the harshness of Rio's social realities with even more charm. Portuguese with English subtitles.  570 minutes.