Carandiru
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.
Release Date
March 21, 2003Runtime
148 minRating
RGenres
DramaDirected by
Héctor Babenco, Márcia Faria, Olívia Guimarães, Tomás Rezende, Maria Farkas, Adelina PontualScreenplay by
Fernando Bonassi, Héctor Babenco, Victor NavasLanguage
PortugueseBudget
$3,684,600Revenue
$10,782,155Status
ReleasedCast
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Doutor (Physician)Milton Gonçalves
ChicoIvan de Almeida
Nego Preto (Ebony)Aílton Graça
Majestade (Majesty)Maria Luísa Mendonça
DalvaAida Leiner
RosireneRodrigo Santoro
Lady DiGero Camilo
Sem Chance (No Way)Lázaro Ramos
EzequielCaio Blat
DeusdeteWagner Moura
ZicoJulia Ianina
FrancineideSabrina Greve
CatarinaFloriano Peixoto
Antônio CarlosRicardo Blat
ClaudiomiroVanessa Gerbelli
CéliaLeona Cavalli
DinaMilhem Cortaz
Peixeira (Dagger)Dionísio Neto
LulaAntônio Grassi
Seu PiresEnrique Díaz
GilsonRobson Nunes
DadaAndré Ceccato
BarbaBukassa Kabengele
Prison NarratorSabotage
FuinhaRita Cadillac
HerselfLuis Miranda
Paulo BocaSerjão Loroza
Gordo (Fatso)Walter Breda
AntônioLeopoldo Pacheco
Governor's RepresentativeNill Marcondes
PimentaCelso Sim
Trans OfficiantOscar Magrini
Dina's LoverCláudia Wonder
Trans PrisonerClemente Viscaíno
Gustavo Trestini
Nicolas Trevijano
Marcos Suchara
Marcello Escorel
Vera Mancini
Luciano Quirino
Paulo Ribeiro
Roberto Audio
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