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Carandiru
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76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1220
- IMDb #959
- Google retired #915
- Rotten Tomatoes #1946
- Metacritic #1208
- Letterboxd #279
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2879
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1159
- Metacritic Critics #1397
- Metacritic Audience #976
- Criticker #1339
- Kinopoisk #2589
- AlloCiné #1067
- Trakt #136
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Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Based on true events, a doctor arrives at Carandiru, a massive and notorious prison in São Paulo, to set up an HIV prevention program. He gains the trust of the diverse inmate population, and through his eyes, we witness their personal stories, their hierarchies, their hardships, and their humanity. The narrative builds toward the inevitable and tragic historical event known as the Carandiru Massacre.
Details
- Director
- Héctor Babenco
- Writers
- Fernando Bonassi, Héctor Babenco, Victor Navas
- Based on
- Estação Carandiru by Drauzio Varella
- Released
- 11 April 2003
- Country
- Brazil, Argentina
- Language
- Portuguese
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $4.1M
- Box office
- $10.8M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2004 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Brazil | Nominee |
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