City of Men

*400 Blows* if Truffaut had grown up dodging bullets. Two best friends in a Rio favela face down their eighteenth birthdays and the mystery of their absent fathers. A vibrant, kinetic coming-of-age story set against implacable violence.

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Paulo Morelli directed City of Men in 2007. See Paulo Morelli's full filmography, where to start with Paulo Morelli, or where to go after you've seen everything by Paulo Morelli.

City of Men was released in 2007 (PT original-language production), with a runtime of 106 minutes.