Carandiru Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

We come to know the rapist Gilson, tried and sentenced by the Law Behind Bars; Zico and Deusdete, inseparable half brothers who, in jail, become each other's assassins; Highness and his shrewd balancing act between women and heists; Old Chico, a Zen master in the ways of the dungeon, at last on the brink of his long-awaited freedom; Warden Pires, who oversees the prison with the perspicacity of a tightrope walker; Ebony, the true leader of the inmate community and the arbiter of all its contentions; the religious conversion of the assasin, Dagger, the rise and fall of the surfer Ezequiel; Antonio Carlos, Claudiomiro and, coming between them like a knife, and depraved Dina; the existentialist philosopher No Way and his love affair with the divine lady Di. The narrative of the film is crafted like a puzzle with one story giving way to another for of surrealist, uniquely Brazilian collage of tragedy.

Crime Drama Foreign

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Carandiru.

• C
  Caio Blat

• G
  Gero Camilo

  Man on Fire, Abe

• M
  Milton Goncalves

• N
  Nelson Machado

• M
  Maria Luisa Mendonca

• L
  Lazaro Ramos

• R
  Rodrigo Santoro

  Rio, What to Expect When You're Expecting

• L
  Luis Vasconcuelos

Crew Behind the Film

The Carandiru behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director

Hector Babenco

Screenwriters

Hector Babenco
Victor Navas

Production Details

What we know about the Carandiru movie production.

Production Updates for Carandiru

Dec 2004

Completed

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