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Carandiru

Carandiru

2003
Drama, Crime
2h 25m
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)

Carandiru

2003
Drama, Crime
2h 25m
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Rated 18 Feb 2021
81
79th
There has been many good films which introduce us the crime and police brutality in Brazil - Cidade de Deus, Ônibus 174 and now Carandiru. Desperate times needs desperate methods and this method took 111 lives in Carandiru.
Rated 03 Apr 2017
30
12th
This movie is pretty bad, the stories feel very disconnected and the edition is poor, also it feels like a funny movie but just at the end they try to give the tragic moment which doesn't work.
Rated 25 Oct 2012
78
79th
* Casting, Acting : 9 * Script : 7 * Directing, Aura : 8 * Ease of Viewing : 7 * Naked Eye : 8
Rated 27 May 2011
62
29th
Disappointing is an understatement.
Rated 12 Jan 2011
60
41st
Picked this up randomly when it came straight-to-dvd in the video store I used to work in, probably needs a rewatch (gonna watch some of Babenco's other stuff first, though) but I remember thinking it was only okay.
Rated 04 Dec 2010
20
41st
"Carindiru is slim pickings compared to HBO's prison drama Oz." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 25 Jul 2009
72
68th
Let's see "Michael" break his way out of this prison.
Rated 17 May 2009
57
60th
Okay Movie
Rated 03 Jun 2008
80
44th
good but too much propaganda... find out what really happened.
Rated 29 Feb 2008
70
41st
good but it's not as good as "city of god"
Rated 09 Oct 2007
90
94th
Extraordinary. Carandiru humanizes the convicts, these excluded treaties as animals for the society. Undoubtedly, controversial.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
79th
If you liked City of God, this is like more of the same. This movie shows the inside view of a prison in Sao Paulo, pains vivid portraits of the inmates in there, with stories of how they got there, their daily desperations, their humanity in the face of such inhumanity. The prison riot seemed cathartic after looking at these people's experiences, this movie puts a human side to these outcasts of society.
Rated 09 Jul 2007
2
33rd
Looks really gritty and it's quite engaging. Unfortunately, the character motivations aren't very well developed. The conditions in the prison don't seem that bad at all, really. They can have off-site meals with family, have a visitors day where they can have conjugal visits inside of their own cells, and have football matches for fun. When I read the description, I expected shit to straight up suck in that prison, so I don't really understand why the action progressed the way it did.
Rated 05 Jul 2007
80
64th
Carandiru estreava há 20 anos nos cinemas brasileiros e eu estava lá pra assistir. Quando o vi na primeira vez gostei, mas agora na revisão ele cresceu enormemente, me pareceu bem melhor do que me lembrava. E nesses anos todos o cinema do Babenco em geral cresceu muito em mim. DVD Versátil.
Rated 04 Jul 2007
80
68th
Life inside a South American prison. Yucky, yet still romanticized in some ways. Still an entertaining movie

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