Carandiru

Name: Carandiru
Director: Fabio Ock
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-03-21
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida, Aílton Graça, Maria Luísa Mendonça

"Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?"

7.6(587 votes)

2h 25m

March 21, 2003

Drama

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.