Carandiru poster

Carandiru

20032h 25mDrama
directed by Héctor Babenco

“Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?”

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7.6 / 10
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71 / 100
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos·Doutor (Physician)
Milton Gonçalves·Chico
Ivan de Almeida·Nego Preto (Ebony)
Aílton Graça·Majestade (Majesty)
Maria Luísa Mendonça·Dalva
Aida Leiner·Rosirene
Rodrigo Santoro·Lady Di
Gero Camilo·Sem Chance (No Way)
Lázaro Ramos·Ezequiel
Caio Blat·Deusdete