Movies Like CARANDIRU

Carandiru (2003)

Film based on real life experiences of doctor Drauzio Varella inside dreadful State penitentiary Carandiru, in São Paulo, Brazil, while he was doing a social work of Aids prevention. There he found hundreds of convicts living under degrading conditions. The situation came to a climax in 1992, when in order to smother a rebellion, police force killed 111 men.

Original Title: Carandiru
Language: Portuguese, French
Release Date: 21/03/2003
Runtime: 148 mins
Status: Released
Links: IMDB
Drama Foreign