Carandiru

Carandiru was released on April 11, 2003.

Carandiru was directed by Héctor Babenco.

Carandiru has a runtime of 2h 25m.

Carandiru was produced by Héctor Babenco, Óscar Kramer, Rui Pires.

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.

The key characters in Carandiru are Doutor (Physician) (Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos), Chico (Milton Gonçalves), Nego Preto (Ebony) (Ivan de Almeida).

Carandiru is rated R.

Carandiru is a Drama, Crime film.

Carandiru has an audience rating of 8.5 out of 10.

Carandiru had a budget of $3.7M.

Carandiru has made $10.8M at the box office.