Carandiru

Carandiru

2h 25m 2003 Drama Argentina, Brazil, United Kingdom
Budget: $3,684,600 Revenue: $10,782,155

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

Writer

Héctor Babenco, Fernando Bonassi, Victor Navas