Carandiru

Movie
TitleCarandiru
User score

7.6

Release dateMar 21, 2003
GenreDrama
DirectorHéctor Babenco
Production countryArgentina, Brazil, United Kingdom
Production companiesOscar 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
Run time145 min.

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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