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The Man Of The Year DVD
The Man Of The Year
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Release Date: 26 April 2004
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Description
Based on the award-winning novel O Matador by Patricia Mel, THE MAN OF THE YEAR boasts intense performances from Brazilian film and TV superstars Murilo Benico and Claudia Abreu. A startling journey through the reality of harrowing violence in urban Brazil (similarly depicted in City of God), the film marks director Jose Henrique Fonseca's astonishing feature debut.
Maiquel is an ordinary guy who wants an ordinary life - wife, kids and a nice house. His life in the vicious suburbs of Rio de Janeiro is transformed through an incredible series of events that leads to him gunning down a much feared local hood. Adopted as the hero of the neighbourhood, Maiquel struggles to deal with his new-found notoriety and urged on by the enthusiastic locals and corrupt Rio police soon finds himself becoming a hit man for hire.
Winner of the SKYY prize at the San Francisco Film Festival - awarded for artistic value - and shown to rave reviews at the Berlin International Film Festival, the vibrant, pulsating THE MAN OF THE YEAR is a piercing, brilliant depiction of a society in convulsion.
Special Features
- Cast & Crew Biographies. Making of Featurette. Discoveries Trailer Reel. Stills
