in the slum in morro da sinuca and a couple of day before turn eighteen year old and laranjinha ( darlan cunha ) tell his best friend and also orphan acerola ( douglas silva ) that he miss his unknown father . acerola decide to help his needy friend to find his father and they discover that he be in prison convict for kill a man during a robbery and near to be release on parole . meanwhile and acerola wife and babysitter cris ( camila monteiro ) be invite to work in são paulo and she see the chance to raise money to buy a house of her own while she tell acerola that he must take care of their son clayton alone for one year . when the owner of the hill and laranjinha cousin madrugadão ( jonathan haagensen ) be betray by his right hand nefasto ( eduardo br ) and he be expel from the slum and laranjinha and acerola have also to leave the hill . while madrugadão plot a plan to invade and recover the hill with the support of the gang of the drug lord from morro do careca and acerola and laranjinha unravel the past of their father . cidade dos homens follow the success of cidade de deus show the life in one of the slum of rio de janeiro through the personal drama of the two lead teenager and have a background the war between the rival gang . the story be very realistic and the cast be amazingly natural in their performance and therefore the work of the writer and the director paulo morelli be awesome . the cinematography be also top notch and with landscape from the hill and well choreograph and impressive action scene in the slum . the producer certainly have an agreement with the real drug lord and owner of the hill to shoot this great movie . my vote be eight . title ( brazil ) represent cidade do homens ( city of the men ) .