Carandiru(2003)

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.

Genre: Drama

Director: Hector Babenco

Actors: Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida, Ailton Graça, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Aida Leiner, Rodrigo Santoro, Gero Camilo, Lázaro Ramos, Caio Blat

Release date: 2003-03-21

Country of origin: Argentina, Brazil, United Kingdom

Length: 2h 25m

Ratings:

• 7.6/10
• 67%
• 71/100