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DVD, 2004
Current format, DVD, 2004, , No Longer Available.
DVD, 2004
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Set in São Paulo's House of Detention, locally known as Carandiru. An oncologist arrives at the jail to test patients for HIV infection. Seeing the disease, overcrowding, and rampant circulation of drugs, the doctor comes to realize the internal power structure among the prisoners. Narratives develop, including the attempted murder of Dagger, the solitary confinement of Chico, and the romance between Lady Di and Too Bad. The doctor eventually begins to see the prisoners as survivors. Culminates with a violent conclusion: a dramatization of the October 2, 1992 prison riot known as the Carandiru Massacre, in which 111 prisoners are killed.
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OFRB rating: 18A for strong bloody violence/carnage, language, sexuality and drug use.
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In Portuguese with optional English, French, Chinese, Korean, or Thai subtitles.
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