Carandiru

Name: Carandiru
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: May 14, 2004
Duration: 145 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Caio Blat, Wagner Moura

2004

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 14, 2004 | R

Starring: Caio Blat, Wagner Moura

Summary: Based on a true story, Carandiru is an adaptation of the book Carandiru Station by Drauzio Varella. Through the eyes of a doctor who worked in So Paulo's infamous Casa de Detneco, over twelve years, it tells stories of crime, revenge, love and friendship, culminating in the fateful massacre of 1992. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Hector Babenco

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 145 min

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Michael Wilmington

A prison movie of unusual richness and jarring power. Read full review

Dallas Observer Bill Gallo

The film splits the difference between the brutal reality of the cable-TV prison series "Oz" and the romanticized fantasy of "The Shawshank Redemption" and provides a vivid, well-rounded gallery of inmate portraits. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Exudes a throbbing flesh-and-blood intensity so compelling that it's impossible to avert your eyes. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Angry and tragic, Carandiru is finally, in its own way, uplifting. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Harrowing but compassionate. Read full review

Premiere Aaron Hillis

Stylistically, Carandiru is definitely less monochromatic than an "Oz" rerun. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

Director Hector Babenco's sentimental, unconvincing adaptation of Varella's book, is a soft, simplistic look at a tough, complicated subject. Read full review

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Sakata

Oct 6, 2018

Underrated by international critics, "Carandiru" delivers a very strong and difficult to digest film, not because of its violence or its heavy content (which is intense), but precisely because of the human portrait of incarcerated people who sealed their destiny through mistaken decisionsUnderrated by international critics, "Carandiru" delivers a very strong and difficult to digest film, not because of its violence or its heavy content (which is intense), but precisely because of the human portrait of incarcerated people who sealed their destiny through mistaken decisions that they took on life and they cost a huge price (what doesn't mean their crimes and errors should be minimized).… Expand

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DogeGamer2015

Oct 11, 2020

Una cruda, deprimente y conmovedora historia que revela el lado oscuro de una prisión.
¡TOTALMENTE RECOMENDADA!

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chitrav.

Oct 7, 2007

This is a movie which is a compelling depiction of humanity:who decides whom to judge and why ? Glad this prison is closed now but what about the international prison Guantanomo..three hundred Pakistanis alone there taken in connivance with the country's government!

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alejandro970

Dec 5, 2020

Narrado desde la perspectiva del médico de planta, la historia de la difícil convivencia que imperaba dentro de una las prisiones más grandes de América Latina, y lo que propició un motín y una represión sangrienta. De lo mejor del cine brasileño.

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Bruterake

Feb 25, 2023

Que sorte d e ter encontrado essa pérola do cinema nacional sério. Cada história uma melhor que a outra no filme e com participação especial do sabotage não tem como. Gostei muito da estrutura do filme mas achei que tira um pouco dele as atuações ruins como a do sargento Fábio la do tropa deQue sorte d e ter encontrado essa pérola do cinema nacional sério. Cada história uma melhor que a outra no filme e com participação especial do sabotage não tem como. Gostei muito da estrutura do filme mas achei que tira um pouco dele as atuações ruins como a do sargento Fábio la do tropa de elite que manda meio mal fazendo uma atuação muito caricata e infelizmente nesse filme ainda tavam com essa mania de tentar falar um português muito correto ai te tira um pouco da imersão fica estranho os diálogos.… Expand

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Iky009

Jan 4, 2014

A realidade exposta no filme de arrepiar, Carandiru interessante mostrando com detalhes o que aconteceu na antiga casa de dentenção.................

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UltraBrasileiro

Nov 14, 2021

One of the greatest marks in brazilian filmography. Unfortunately, it depicts criminals as poor little things and police officers as heartless bastards.

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