Carandiru

Name: Carandiru
Released: 2003
Rating: 7.6

Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?

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IMDb7.625K

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DramaSlow BurnEmotional DepthHidden GemPhilosophical

Why Watch

A Drama pick with emotionally resonant storytelling, a patient, deliberate slow burn — Filmistani Score 80.

Synopsis

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.