If you loved Barren Lives, try City of Men

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Barren Lives, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What City of Men is

*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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