Poster for Carandiru

Carandiru

2003 145 min 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 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.

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budget $3,684,600 earnings $10,782,155 return 2.9x

director Héctor Babenco

writers Héctor Babenco, Fernando Bonassi, Victor Navas

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