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- Carandiru [videorecording] / by Babenco, Hector,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Vasconcelos, Luiz Carlos,actor.; Gonçalves, Milton,1933-actor.; Santoro, Rodrigo,1975-actor.; Mendonça, María Luisa,1970-actor.; Blat, Caio,1980-actor.; Camilo, Gero,1970-actor.; Carvalho, Walter,cinematographer.; Varella, Drauzio,1943-Estaçao Carandiru.; BR Petrobrás (Firm); Columbia TriStar do Brasil.; Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)332237; Globo Filmes (Firm); HB Filmes.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)(CARDINAL)282400;
Director of photography, Walter Carvalho ; editor, Mauro Alice ; original music, André Abujamra ; production designer, Clóvis Bueno.Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Rodrigo Santoro, María Luisa Mendonça, Caio Blat, Gero Camilo.Set in São Paulo's House of Detention, locally known as Carandiru. 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 begins to see the prisoners as survivors. Culminates with a violent conclusion: a dramatization of the October 2, 1992 prison riot known as the Carandiru Massacre, in which 111 prisoners are killed.MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence/carnage, language, sexuality and drug use.DVD; Dolby Digital.- Subjects: Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Varella, Drauzio, 1943-; Casa de Detenção (São Paulo, Brazil); Physician and patient; Prisoners; Prison riots; Massacres;
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