31 Aug 2007
City of Men
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Street Flow
Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.
Top Billed Cast
Bakary Diombera Noumouké
Jammeh Diangana Soulaymaan
Chloé Jouannet Lisa
Alix Mathurin Demba
Dali Benssalah Samir
Slimane Dazi 'Le Cuistot'
Cherine Ghemri Sofia
Ahmed Bedda Sahli
Aïmen Derriachi Farid
Mathieu Kassovitz Dominique
Nassim Saal Nacim
Walid Afkir Young man on the bus
Kader Boukhanef Chico
Noémie Bousquainaud Sandra
Jeremie Brevit Client
Akim Chir Lakdar
Jakari Fraser 
Abdelkader Hoggui Henchman
Boubacar Kabo Young man on the bus
Kamel Laadaili Larbi
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