Carandiru

7.6 / 10

(581 votes)

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.

Country:

Brazil,

Argentina,

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

145 minutes

Year:

2003

Director:

Héctor Babenco

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Company:

Oscar Kramer S.A.,

BR Petrobrás,

HB Filmes,

Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil,

Sony Pictures Classics,

Globo Filmes

Budget:

$3,684,600

Revenue:

$10,782,155

Cast:
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Doutor (Physician)

Milton Gonçalves

Chico

Ivan de Almeida

Nego Preto (Ebony)

Aílton Graça

Majestade (Majesty)

Maria Luísa Mendonça

Dalva

Crew:
Héctor Babenco

Director

Héctor Babenco

Screenplay

Fernando Bonassi

Screenplay

Héctor Babenco

Producer

André Abujamra

Original Music Composer