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After watching this film I felt like it had so many messages that could link to friendship love and violence it made me feel like the director wanted me to see the challenges people go through out there in the world and how life might affect you when you grow up in poverty, I felt sorrow for the two main characters because they were the ones who represented the main messages in this visual text and the ones who went through the most challenges. |
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Best friends Acerola and Laranjinha live in the ''[[favela]]s'' 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 comprise their solid friendship. At the end, they decide to leave "the Hill" and lead a responsible life. |
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Knowing that the two main characters were best friends affected the way I felt about the message of friendship because they had so much in common especially how they both grew up without fathers to help strengthen them and show them what a man/father should be. |
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by: sidney fimone |
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| Directed by | Paulo Morelli |
| Screenplay by | Elena Soarez |
| Story by | Elena Soarez Paulo Morelli |
| Produced by | Guel Arraes Andrea Barata Ribeiro Bel Berlinck Fernando Meirelles Paulo Morelli |
| Starring | Douglas Silva Darlan Cunha Jonathan Haagensen Rodrigo dos Santos |
| Edited by | Daniel Rezende |
| Music by | Antonio Pinto |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films (USA) Buena Vista International 20th Century Fox (Brazil) |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Box office | $2.6 million USD million USD[1] |
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City of Men (Portuguese: Cidade dos Homens) is a 2007 Brazilian 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 City of Men that ran for four seasons in Brazil, following the international success of the film City of God (2002), both co-directed by Fernando Meirelles who also co-produces this film.
Plot
After watching this film I felt like it had so many messages that could link to friendship love and violence it made me feel like the director wanted me to see the challenges people go through out there in the world and how life might affect you when you grow up in poverty, I felt sorrow for the two main characters because they were the ones who represented the main messages in this visual text and the ones who went through the most challenges. Knowing that the two main characters were best friends affected the way I felt about the message of friendship because they had so much in common especially how they both grew up without fathers to help strengthen them and show them what a man/father should be.
by: sidney fimone
Cast
- Douglas Silva as Acerola, "Ace"
- Darlan Cunha as Laranjinha, or "Wallace"
- Jonathan Haagensen as Madrugadão
- Rodrigo dos Santos as Heraldo
- Camila Monteiro as Cris
- Naima Silva as Camila
- Eduardo Piranha as Nefasto
- Luciano Vidigal as Fiel
- Pedro Henrique as Caju
{personally i feel like the main message of this story was to show how growing up without a father could affect the childs life [douglas silva] was a selfish man and only wanted what was best for himself}
Awards and nominations
- Best Special Effects - 2007 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (nominated)
References
External links
- City of Men at IMDb
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