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'City of Men'

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Fernando Meirelles' "City of God" (2002) set out to not merely absorb, but engulf its audiences in a sweeping multi-decade account of drug dealing and gang violence in the meaner favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Its impact was relentlessly explosive - and frequently bombastic.

"City of Men," produced by Meirelles, but directed by Paulo Morelli, takes a somewhat calmer (but no less flashy view)...

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