Carandiru

2003

145 min

7.6

Ends at

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.

Budget

$3,684,600

Genre

Drama

Director

Héctor Babenco

Country

Argentina

Cast & Crew

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Milton Gonçalves

Ivan de Almeida

Aílton Graça

Maria Luísa Mendonça

Aida Leiner

Rodrigo Santoro

Gero Camilo

Lázaro Ramos

Caio Blat

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Carandiru

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.

  • Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

  • Milton Gonçalves

  • Ivan de Almeida

  • Aílton Graça

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