Carandiru (2003)
Release: March 21, 2003 | Runtime: 2h 25m | Rating: 7.6
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.
Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?
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Main cast
- Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos as Doutor (Physician)
- Milton Gonçalves as Chico
- Ivan de Almeida as Nego Preto (Ebony)
- Aílton Graça as Majestade (Majesty)
- Maria Luísa Mendonça as Dalva
- Aida Leiner as Rosirene
- Rodrigo Santoro as Lady Di
- Gero Camilo as Sem Chance (No Way)
- Lázaro Ramos as Ezequiel
- Caio Blat as Deusdete
- Wagner Moura as Zico
- Julia Ianina as Francineide
- Sabrina Greve as Catarina
- Floriano Peixoto as Antônio Carlos
- Ricardo Blat as Claudiomiro
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What is Carandiru about?
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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