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Cidade dos Homens: Correio (City of Men: Post, Paulo Lins and Kátia Lund, Brazil, 2002) Cidade dos Homens (City of Men, 2003) follows the incredible success of Fernando Meirelle’s and Katia Lund’s Oscar-nominated City of God. The film’s spin-off television series attracted over 35 million viewers and was shown in the UK on BBC Four. The "City" is a generic favela (shantytown) located on one of Rio’s urban hillsides. The "Men" are two 13 year old kids, named Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) and Acerola (Douglas Silva), who live in this community and are forced to deal with common daily problems, such as local drug dealers or the total lack of money for fulfilling their minute desires. They struggle to grow up surrounded by poverty and the lucrative temptations offered by the drug trade. City of Men offers a bitter-sweet tale of these two boys as they beat a path towards manhood through the drug-dealers and hustlers of the Rio slum in which they reside. Kultur Cine Club is proud to bring you two episodes from Cidade dos Homens (City of Men, 2003). Synopsis:The postman cannot deliver the post in the favela, because the streets have no names and the houses no numbers. The ruling drug baron orders Acerola to become the favela’s official postman. As the boys carry out their duties, they see themselves in trouble as seemingly bright ideas turn sour. After being asked to invent names for all the streets and put up signposts in all corners, the police get hold of Acerola's handwritten map, putting the gangsters in great danger. |
