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Marc Isaacs chronicles the fate of several Londoners from various social classes during the current economic crisis. Shot in the financial district of London, the film focuses on four main characters, ranging from a high-end hedge fund manager who loses his family due to his compulsive monitoring of events on the financial markets, to a spiritually oriented street-sweeper seeking peace.

Using impressive music and images of the eternally rain-sodden British capital, Isaacs fluidly balances sensitive portraits of people striving to find their place in the swarming city of London.

"No one has ever made a film about the City that is so singular, so evocative and so human." - The Times

Darwinian Dilemmas in London (Film Review by KenG - 9/8/11) It's what every documentary filmmaker prays for:  as the cameras roll, an unexpected and stunning real-life event unfolds. Such is the case with Marc Isaacs and MEN OF THE CITY, a sensitive portrait of working men (from wildly disparate social strata) who toil in London's financial district. It is the fall of 2008 and while Isaacs is shooting a scene at a hedge fund office, it is announced...(read on)

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This film originally aired as part of Doc-Debut, a series on Link TV highlighting unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the US television premiere of a new foreign doc, offering American audiences unprecedented perspectives on world events and culture, as seen through the eyes of individuals across the globe. The series also provides a unique outlet for films by independent directors and producers to reach a much wider international audience.