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    Portuguese / Brazilian Films

    Tropa de Elite - 2007

    Anyone that had seen this said it was fairly gruesome, to be honest i didn't think it was that bad, i mean its not picnics and sunsets but i think we have seen as bad in most films in this genre.

    In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits.
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    Cidade de Deus (City of God) - 2002

    www.miramax.com/cityofgod

    City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. It was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins which are both based on a true story; the war between Knockout Ned and Li'l Zé is based on their real life counterparts. It stars Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Douglas Silva and Seu Jorge. The tagline is "Fight and you'll never survive..... Run and you'll never escape."

    Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of favelas such as Vidigal and the Cidade de Deus itself.

    The film received four Academy Award nominations in 2004: Best Cinematography (César Charlone), Best Directing (Meirelles), Best Editing (Daniel Rezende) and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (Mantovani). Before that, in 2003 it had been chosen to be Brazil's runner for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated to be one of the five finalists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A face View Post
    Cidade de Deus (City of God) - 2002

    www.miramax.com/cityofgod

    City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. It was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins which are both based on a true story; the war between Knockout Ned and Li'l Zé is based on their real life counterparts. It stars Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Douglas Silva and Seu Jorge. The tagline is "Fight and you'll never survive..... Run and you'll never escape."

    Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of favelas such as Vidigal and the Cidade de Deus itself.

    The film received four Academy Award nominations in 2004: Best Cinematography (César Charlone), Best Directing (Meirelles), Best Editing (Daniel Rezende) and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (Mantovani). Before that, in 2003 it had been chosen to be Brazil's runner for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated to be one of the five finalists.

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    This was a great film its on film4 every now and again. Its well worth watching.

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    Carandiru is another Brazilian move worth a mention
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293007/
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    well done lads - you named the three obvious ones - now I would be well impressed if you could name any more Brazilian/Port movies from now on in

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    Quote Originally Posted by bennocelt View Post
    well done lads - you named the three obvious ones - now I would be well impressed if you could name any more Brazilian/Port movies from now on in
    Well instead of givving out why don't you enlighten us, that was the whole point of the thread to share movie other may not of seen
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    Can't say I have seen many Brazilian films but City of God is brilliant by any standards.
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    Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981) is brilliant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neish View Post
    Well instead of givving out why don't you enlighten us, that was the whole point of the thread to share movie other may not of seen
    Well said, fair play
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neish View Post
    Well instead of givving out why don't you enlighten us, that was the whole point of the thread to share movie other may not of seen
    ah jesus i was only taking the pee - sorry

    i love these movie threads

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    City of God is a brilliant film. I don't know what country it's from but Battle of Algiers is very good.

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    Central Station is very good film, it's called "Center of Brazil" in Portuguese. It's about a middle-aged woman in Rio who tries to help an orphan find his relatives* in Northern Brazil. It's from late 1990s.

    *massive simplification of the plot

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