Bibliograph

Carandiru, Sony Pictures Classics and HB Films in association with Columbia TriStar Do Brasil, Globo Films and BR Petrobras presents a film by Hector Babenco ; produced and directed by Hector Babenco ; screenplay by Victor Navas, Fernando Bonassi and Hector Babenco

Type

Label

Carandiru, Sony Pictures Classics and HB Films in association with Columbia TriStar Do Brasil, Globo Films and BR Petrobras presents a film by Hector Babenco ; produced and directed by Hector Babenco ; screenplay by Victor Navas, Fernando Bonassi and Hector Babenco

Language

por

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence/carnage, language, sexuality and drug use

Main title

Carandiru

Oclc number

56132936

Responsibility statement

Sony Pictures Classics and HB Films in association with Columbia TriStar Do Brasil, Globo Films and BR Petrobras presents a film by Hector Babenco ; produced and directed by Hector Babenco ; screenplay by Victor Navas, Fernando Bonassi and Hector Babenco

Runtime

145

Summary

Set in Sao Paulo's House of Detention. An oncologist arrives at the jail to test patients for HIV infection. Seeing the disease, overcrowding, and rampant circulation of drugs, the doctor comes to realize the internal power structure among the prisoners. Narratives develop, including the attempted murder of Dagger, the solitary confinement of Chico, and the romance between Lady Di and Too Bad. The doctor eventually sees the prisoners as survivors, leading up to the violent conclusion: a reconstruction of the October 2, 1992, prison riot known as the Carandiru Massacre

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification