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Carandiru (2003)

Carandiru (2003)

Drama

Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?

Release Date: 2003, April 11
Directors: Héctor Babenco
Countries: Argentina, Brazil
Production: Oscar Kramer, Petrobras, HB Filmes, Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil, Globo Filmes
Cast: Wagner Moura, Gero Camilo, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Cadillac, Milhem Cortaz, Enrique Díaz, Maria Luísa Mendonça, Aílton Graça, Lázaro Ramos, Luis Miranda, Bukassa Kabengele, Milton Gonçalves

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.

Keywords:

doctor prison police brutality attempted murder sao paulo, brazil carandiru massacre