Carandiru poster
Screenplay Héctor Babenco, Fernando Bonassi, Victor Navas
Director Héctor Babenco

Carandiru

Drama2003

Tagline: Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?

Release Date: 2003-03-21

Duration: 148 minutes

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 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.

Casting

  • Wagner Moura
    Zico
  • Rodrigo Santoro
    Lady Di
  • Milhem Cortaz
    Peixeira (Dagger)
  • Lázaro Ramos
    Ezequiel
  • Enrique Díaz
    Gilson
  • Nill Marcondes
    Pimenta
  • Caio Blat
    Deusdete
  • Gero Camilo
    Sem Chance (No Way)
  • Ivan de Almeida
    Nego Preto (Ebony)
  • Ricardo Blat
    Claudiomiro