CAST:
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos,
Milton Gonçalves (Chico),
Ivan de Almeida (Nego Preto - Ebony),
Ailton Graça (Majestade),
Maria Luísa Mendonça (Dalva)

SCRIPT:
Hector Babenco,
Fernando Bonassi,
Victor Navas (based on book by Dráuzio Varella)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Walter Carvalho

Synopsis:

This drama is based on the book by the doctor, AIDS specialist who worked in the Carandiru prison, one of the biggest and most violent prisons in Latin America. In 1992, there was a big massacre in which the police murdered more than a hundred inmates. The film was shot in the original location with former prisoners as actors, and the prison was torn down before the film was released. Through the doctor’s narration and short episodically told stories we learn about life in prison and meet its inhabitants. 

color, digital, 145 min