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City of Men

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City of Men

Series Details & Credits

Sundance | Sundance Channel | Release Date: April 4, 2006

Starring: Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva

Summary: From the creators of the Academy Award-nominated City of God, comes the spin-off series City of Men. The series follows the lives of Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) as they mature into young men facing the dangers of drug gangs and the heartbreak of first loves growing up in Rio de Janeiro.

Originally, City of MenFrom the creators of the Academy Award-nominated City of God, comes the spin-off series City of Men. The series follows the lives of Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) as they mature into young men facing the dangers of drug gangs and the heartbreak of first loves growing up in Rio de Janeiro.

Originally, City of Men was aired in Brazil in Portuguese. It lasted for four seasons, with a total of 19 episodes. … Expand

Genre(s): Drama

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S4:E5. Somewhere in the Future
Air Date: August 8, 2007
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S4:E4. Appearances Can Be Deceiving
Air Date: August 1, 2007
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S4:E3. Fatal Attraction
Air Date: July 25, 2007

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Critic Reviews

100

San Francisco Chronicle

Tim Goodman

Season 1 Review: "City of Men" pulses with the kind of energy you don't get often on American television, and the realness of the shot-on-location scene really makes each episode feel like a minimovie. Read full review

91

Entertainment Weekly

Dalton Ross

Season 1 Review: Those unfamiliar with the film may find some scenes--like when the actors break character to tell their real-life stories--a bit jarring. [7 Apr 2006, p.54]

90

Slate

Troy Patterson

Season 1 Review: It smoothly toggles between working as a crime melodrama and a coming-of-age tale, as a harrowing piece of social commentary and a gentle bit of farce. Read full review

90

Salon

Heather Havrilesky

Season 1 Review: Unlike anything else you've ever seen on TV. Read full review

80

The New York Times

Charles McGrath

Season 1 Review: The closest American popular television has ever come to this kind of close-up realism is probably the drug-dealing scenes in "The Wire" on HBO, and even they seem a little tame and stagey compared with what takes place in Dona Marta. Read full review

80

The Hollywood Reporter

Marilyn Moss

Season 1 Review: The humorous moments are all the more precious because life is so tough in this engrossing series. Read full review

80

Los Angeles Times

Robert Lloyd

Season 1 Review: It's a work whose immense vitality and a persuasive naturalism overcome its occasional paroxysms of style or hammered-home points. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: June 13, 2007
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  S4:E5. Somewhere in the Future
  Air Date: August 8, 2007
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  S4:E4. Appearances Can Be Deceiving
  Air Date: August 1, 2007
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  S4:E3. Fatal Attraction
  Air Date: July 25, 2007
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  S4:E2. Too Many Days in a Month
  Air Date: July 18, 2007
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  S4:E2. Too Much Month
  Air Date: November 25, 2005
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  S4:E1. The Line
  Air Date: July 11, 2007
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  S4:E1. The Line-Up
  Air Date: November 18, 2005
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: November 14, 2006
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 11, 2006
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 4, 2006