Carandiru

Carandiru

148 mins | Drama | March 21, 2003

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 discovers the victim 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.

Carandiru

148 mins | Drama | March 21, 2003

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 discovers the victim 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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers BR Petrobrás, Hector Babenco Filmes, Oscar Kramer S.A., Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil
Original title Carandiru
Directors Tomás Rezende, Maria Farkas, Olívia Guimarães, Márcia Faria, Adelina Pontual, Héctor Babenco
Writers Dráuzio Varella, Victor Navas, Fernando Bonassi, Héctor Babenco

Cast

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

as Doutor (Physician)

Ivan de Almeida

as Nego Preto (Ebony)

Aílton Graça

as Majestade (Majesty)

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

Rita Cadillac

as Herself

Sabrina Greve

as Catarina

Julia Ianina

as Francineide

Floriano Peixoto

as Antônio Carlos

Ricardo Blat

as Claudiomiro

Vanessa Gerbelli

as Célia

Leona Cavalli

as Dina

Milhem Cortaz

as Peixeira (Dagger)

Dionísio Neto

as Lula

Sabotage

as Fuinha

Luis Miranda

as Paulo Boca

Serjão Loroza

as Gordo (Fatso)

Walter Breda

as Antônio

Leopoldo Pacheco

as Governor's Representative

Nill Marcondes

as Pimenta

Enrique Díaz

as Gilson

Celso Sim

as Trans Officiant

Bukassa Kabengele

as Prison Narrator

Antônio Grassi

as Seu Pires

Robson Nunes

as Dada

André Ceccato

as Barba

Oscar Magrini

as Dina's Lover

Cláudia Wonder

as Trans Prisoner

Salete Campari

as Trans Prisoner

Drago

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