Carandiru
7.6
“Inside here nobody is guilty. Do you believe that?”
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 meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian history.
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Cast
70 people
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Doutor (Physician)
Known for
Cangaço Novo
Marighella
Milton Gonçalves
Chico
Known for
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Ivan de Almeida
Nego Preto (Ebony)
Known for
The Slave Isaura
Aílton Graça
Majestade (Majesty)
Known for
Brazil Avenue
Total Dreamer
Maria Luísa Mendonça
Dalva
Known for
The Man from the Future
If I Were You 2
Aida Leiner
Rosirene
Also in
Vamp
Psi
Rodrigo Santoro
Lady Di
Known for
Westworld
Lost
Gero Camilo
Sem Chance (No Way)
Known for
Man on Fire
Brainstorm
Lázaro Ramos
Ezequiel
Known for
The Man Who Copied
Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This
Caio Blat
Deusdete
Known for
McMafia
India: A Love Story
Wagner Moura
Zico
Known for
Narcos
Elite Squad
Julia Ianina
Francineide
Known for
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
Héctor Babenco Director · Fernando Bonassi Screenplay Victor Navas Screenplay
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $4.1M · United States release May 14, 2004
Box office
Budget
$4,100,000
Worldwide gross
$10,781,635
Gross vs. budget
2.6×
Production
Oscar Kramer
Production
Petrobras
Production
HB Filmes
Production
Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil
Production
Globo Filmes
Production
BR Petrobrás
Production
Hector Babenco Filmes
Production
Brazil · Argentina
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · March 21, 2003
Premiere · II Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema
Brazil · April 11, 2003
Theatrical · IMDB
United States · May 14, 2004
Limited theatrical
United States · September 26, 2023
Digital
United States
January 16, 2004 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
May 7, 2004 · Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
September 26, 2023 · Physical
Argentina
March 18, 2004 · Theatrical
Canada
September 6, 2003 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
June 11, 2004 · Limited theatrical
France
May 19, 2003 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
June 2, 2004 · Theatrical
Germany
September 23, 2003 · Premiere · Hamburg Film Festival
Greece
September 15, 2003 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
Italy
June 7, 2005
Poland
September 24, 2004 · Digital
South Korea
October 15, 2004 · Digital
Spain
February 13, 2004
Sweden
January 26, 2004 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
Thailand
January 27, 2004 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 16, 2004
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