Carandiru

Carandiru

2003 · 148 min · PT · R · 7.6 (489 votes)
Dir. Héctor Babenco · Starring Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida, Aílton Graça, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Aida Leiner · Music André Abujamra

Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?

Drama

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 discovers the victim 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.

VIBE

A raw, unflinching look at life within the brutal confines of a Brazilian prison. It's a heavy, eye-opening experience that confronts systemic violence and the resilience of the human spirit against overwhelming odds.

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