The Man of the Year (Portuguese: O Homem do Ano), is a 2003 Brazilian drama film produced and directed by José Henrique Fonseca.

[1][2] Maiquel (Murilo Benício) is a single, ordinary man living in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro.

This unusual event in his otherwise mundane life inspires Maiquel to ask his hairdresser, Cledir (Cláudia Abreu) out to a bar where he is confronted and bullied by a local criminal named Suel (Wagner Moura).

Instead of reprimanding Maiquel, everyone in the neighborhood, including the police, is overjoyed that he has killed off this local pest and shows their gratitude with gifts.

Maiquel's once dull life becomes one filled with drugs, sex, wealth, and violence as he gradually becomes detached from his wife and becomes less of the "ordinary man" he once was.