Carandiru

A Brazilian doc meets Carandiru inmates for AIDS education, bonding with 111 souls doomed when state police execute a massacre. The prison walls crumble under the weight of real history.

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Héctor Babenco directed Carandiru in 2003. See Héctor Babenco's full filmography, where to start with Héctor Babenco, or where to go after you've seen everything by Héctor Babenco.

Carandiru was released in 2003 (PT original-language production), with a runtime of 145 minutes.