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.
In Vanda's Room
An unflinching, fragmentary look at a handful of self-destructive, marginalized people, but taking as main focus the heroin-addicted Vanda Duarte.
Top Billed Cast
Vanda Duarte Herself
Lena Duarte Herself
Zita Duarte Herself
Manuel Gomes Miranda Diogo Pires Miranda Evangelina Nelas Miquelina Barros Paulo Jorge Gonçalves António Semedo Moreno Himself
Paulo Nunes Himself
Pedro Lanban Himself
Fernando Paixão Himself
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