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Carandiru
"Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?"
2003 • 2h 25m • ★ 7.6 (594 votes) Released
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.
Director
Héctor Babenco
Screenplay
Héctor Babenco
Screenplay
Fernando Bonassi
Screenplay
Victor Navas
Rating
7.6
Runtime
145 min
Budget
$3.7M
Revenue
$10.8M
Profit/Loss
+7.1M
Production
Oscar Kramer
BR Petrobrás
HB Filmes
Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil
Globo FilmesTop Billed Cast
Gallery
Keywords
prisonpolice brutalityattempted murdercarandiru massacresao paulo, brazildoctorhomossexualismoprisãomédico
