City of God: In CITY OF GOD, two boys growing up
in this violent neighborhood take different paths:
one becomes a photographer, the other a drug
dealer. The narrator, Rocket, a poor black kid too
frail and scared to become an outlaw but also too
smart to be content with an underpaid job,
discovers he can see reality with a different eye:
the eye of an artist. Eventually he becomes a
professional photographer, which is his
redemption. Then there is Lil Dice, a kid the same
age who already dreams of being Rio de Janeiro's
most dangerous criminal. Before long, he will be.
City of Men: In this long-awaited follow-up to his
Academy Award-nominated film CITY OF GOD (2003,
Best Director, Fernando Meirelles), producer
Fernando Meirelles (THE CONSTANT GARDENER) returns
to the Brazilian ""favelas" to tell an inspiring
tale of friendship and family on the gritty
streets of Rio de Janeiro. Growing up in a culture
dictated by violence and run by street gangs,
teenagers Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha
(Darlan Cunha) have become close as brothers. With
their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching,
Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never
met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own
young son. But when they suddenly find themselves
on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong
friends are forced to confront a shocking secret
from their past.
Format size: | Widescreen |
Languages: | English |
Country: | CAN |
Runtime: | 237 min. |
Number of discs: | 1 |
Subtitles: | English |