| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Rodrigo Santoro, Milton Gonçalves, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, María Luisa Mendonça, Caio Blat. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Walter Carvalho ; editor, Mauro Alice ; original music, André Abujamra ; production designer, Clóvis Bueno. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. |
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Based on the book "Estaçao Carandiru" by Drauzio Varella. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence/carnage, language, sexuality and drug use. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: seven deleted scenes; making-of "Carandiru" feature; director Hector Babenco commentary; historical footage on the Penitentiary and Carandiru's destruction. |
| Language |
Portuguese dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: DVD videorecording. |
| Subject |
Casa de Detenção (São Paulo, Brazil) -- Drama.
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Physician and patient -- Drama.
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Prison riots -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- Drama.
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Massacres -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films -- Brazil.
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| Added Author |
Babenco, Hector.
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Santoro, Rodrigo, 1975-
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Gonçalves, Milton, 1933-2022
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Vasconcelos, Luiz Carlos.
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Mendonça, María Luisa, 1970-
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Blat, Caio, 1980-
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Carvalho, Walter.
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Abujamra, André.
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Varella, Drauzio, 1943-
Estaçao Carandiru.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1404941797 |
| Standard No. |
043396019430 |
| Music No. |
01943 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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