Carandiru
2003 • Drama
7.573 (613)
Héctor Babenco
Director
Status
Released
Release date
April 11, 2003
Duration
145 Min
Language
pt
Popularity
1.413
Budget
$3,684,600
Revenue
$10,782,155
Overview
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.
