Is Carandiru right for your family?
Movie 2003 145 min
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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Likely present: ViolencePolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional contentEducational content
The title suggests a violent and tragic event within a prison setting.
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