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CITY OF MEN
CITY OF MEN Movie Review
Brazil’s Fernando Meirelles earned an Academy Award nomination for his direction of his 2002 breakthrough City of God and went on to more acclaim for his 2005 English-language debut, The Constant Gardener. But he’s remained loyal to the country and movie that made his reputation, producing a successful spinoff TV series called “City of Men,” which ran for four seasons totaling 19 episodes in Brazil and played in the U.S. on Sundance Channel.
Now the TV spinoff has come full circle as a feature film, with the same two former nonprofessional teenage actors who had minor roles in City of God and grew up before our eyes on the TV series. Those two actors, the sweetly vulnerable Douglas Silva and the markedly handsome Darlan Cunha, are a big factor in the series’ success, and fully deserve their shot at the big screen in the colorful and engaging City of Men movie. Read the rest of this entry »
