Drama
Carandiru
"Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?"
User Score597 votes
76%7.6/10
Release2003→
Runtime2H 25M
LanguagePortuguese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
Principal Cast8

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Doutor (Physician)

Milton Gonçalves
Chico

Ivan de Almeida
Nego Preto (Ebony)

Aílton Graça
Majestade (Majesty)

Maria Luísa Mendonça
Dalva

Aida Leiner
Rosirene

Rodrigo Santoro
Lady Di

Gero Camilo
Sem Chance (No Way)
Media11
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Director

Héctor Babenco
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Box Office
Budget$4M
Revenue$11M
Certification
RKeywords
prisonpolice brutalityattempted murdercarandiru massacresao paulo, brazildoctorhomossexualismoprisãomédico
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