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CARANDIRU
Synopsis
A story as seen through the very human eyes of a doctor who worked at the Sao Paulo House of Detention. The doctor's encounters with his patients become a window onto the everyday life of the criminal underworld.His efforts start to pay off and, over time, he earns the respect of the prison community. Visits with ailing prisoners become the context for lively and touching personal stories and respect leads to the sharing of greater and greater confidences.
These narratives, set both inside and outside the prison, culminate in the infamous October 1992 Pavilion 9 massacre, in which 111 unarmed inmates were killed. The tragic event unfolds through the stories of the inmates, who, by film's end, emerge as survivors.
Hector BABENCO
Credits
- Hector BABENCO - Director
- Victor NAVAS - Screenplay
- Fernando BONASSI - Screenplay
- Hector BABENCO - Screenplay
- Walter CARVALHO (A.B.C.) - Director of Photography
- André ABUJAMRA - Music
- Mauro ALICE - Film Editor
- Clóvis BUENO - Set Designer
Actors
- Luiz Carlos VASCONCELOS - The doctor
- Milton GONÇALVES - Seo Chico
- Ivan DE ALMEIDA - Black Nigger
- Ailton GRAÇA - Highness
- Maria Luisa MENDONÇA - Dalva
- Aida LERNER - Rosirene
- Rodrigo SANTORO - Lady Di
Contacts and useful links
Production
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Distribution
COLUMBIA TRISTAR FILMS FRANCE - T : 01 44 40 60 00 - F : 01 44 40 62 01
French press
Anne LARA - T : 01 44 40 62 28 / 30 - F : 01 44 40 62 01 - anne-lara@spe.sony.com
International press
COLUMBIA TRISTAR FILM DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL - Cathy ESCANDELL - T : 1 310 244 72 58 - F : 1 310 244 10 11 - cathy_escandell@spe.sony.com