CARANDIRU
$8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission)
Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee.
Aero Theatre | Introduction by actor Wagner Moura
‘The Latin American Canon of Cruelty’
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- RELEASED IN: 2003
- 147 MINUTES
- DIRECTED BY: Héctor Babenco
ABOUT THE FILM:
In Portuguese with English subtitles
The Doctor is faced with extremely ser ious problems inside Carandiru, Brazil’s largest correctional facility: overcrowded cells, decaying facilities, diseases and the beginnings of an AIDS epidemic. The inmates – feared criminals among the prison’s elite – Ebony, an honorable thief and respected leader; Highness, a smooth operator with two families to support; Ezequiel, an ex-surfer turned crack addict; Dagger, a brutal killer with God on his side – rule Carandiru by their own codes and laws. After working there for a few months The Doctor perceives something that will transform him: the inmates, even in this appalling situation, are not demonic figures. In his daily contacts with the prisoners who see him in his makeshift office, the Doctor witness’s solidarity, organization, and above all, a great will to live. Along with the Doctor, the viewer follows the daily routine of the inmates leading up to the terrible 2nd of October, 1992 – the day that shook the Casa de Detenção (and all Brazil): the Carandiru Massacre
FORMAT: 35mm
DISTRIBUTOR: Sony Pictures Classics
COUNTRY: Brazil
