Title:
Carandiru
Author:
Babenco, Hector.
ISBN:
9781404941793
Publication Information:
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, ©2004.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
Based on the book: Estaçao Carandiru / by Drauzio Varella.
Contents:
Special features: optional audio commentary by the director; seven deleted scenes; Os bastidores do Carandiru (Making-of Carandiru) (ca. 32 min. ; Produzido e dirigido por Rita Buzzar) ; Penitenciária do estado 1928 (State Penitentiary 1928) (ca. 7 min.) ; Carandiru's implosion (ca. 1 min.).
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence/carnage, language, sexuality and drug use.
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