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Carandiru

2003 • 2h25m Drama

Rating

7.6/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Héctor Babenco

Screenplay

Héctor Babenco

Fernando Bonassi

Victor Navas

Cast

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Milton Gonçalves

Ivan de Almeida

Release date

4/11/2003

Status

Released

Budget

$3,684,600

Revenue

$10,782,155

Origin country

BR

AR

Vote count

603