City of Men
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | City of Men |
| Original title | Cidade dos Homens |
| Country of production | Brazil |
| original language | Portuguese |
| Year (s) | 2002-2005 |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 19th |
| genre | drama |
| First broadcast | October 4, 2002 |
| German-language first broadcast |
March 31, 2008 on SF two |
| occupation | |
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City of Men (Cidade dos Homens) is a Brazilian television series about life in a favela in Rio de Janeiro . With City of Men , director Fernando Meirelles builds on his film City of God , with which he became internationally known in 2002. Meirelles and also the co-director Kátia Lund are producers together with the Brazilian television station Rede Globo . Similar to City of God , City of Men is mostly made up of young amateur actors from the slums.
action
The focus of the series is on acerola ( Douglas Silva ; cast of curls in City of God ) and laranjinha ( Darlan Cunha ). While they are around 13 years old in the first season, they are at the beginning of adult life at around 17 in the fourth and so far last season. In doing so, acerola and laranjinha go through many twists and turns, from contact with the gang crime common in the favelas to wild parties, carefree summers, annoying jobs and unwanted father joys in almost all facets of life in an extremely short period of time.
Charisma
In Brazil the series had an extraordinary success. Around 35 million viewers are an absolute record on Brazilian television.
Swiss television has been broadcasting the series in two channels on SF two since March 31, 2008 . So far, none of the 19 episodes have been seen on German television. However - as of July 2014 - the first season of the series is available in the German and the original version on the video portal myvideo.de in Germany. The first three seasons are now available on DVD. The release date of the fourth and final season has not yet been set.
Cinema version
In 2007 a movie was made based on the series. It bears the same title City of Men , and Douglas Silva also stars in the theatrical version. The film is directed by Paulo Morelli . In Germany he was seen for the first time at the Berlinale 2008 in the Generation 14plus section.
Web links
- City of Men in the Internet Movie Database (English)