Carandiru (film)
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Carandiru is a 2003 film, directed by Hector Babenco and based on the book Estação Carandiru (en: Carandiru Station), by Dr. Drauzio Varella, a physician and AIDS specialist. The film was nominated for Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Carandiru tells the hundreds of stories that occurred in Carandiru Penitentiary, which was the biggest prison in Latin America. The histories culminate with the Massacre de 1992 (en: 1992 Massacre), in which 111 prisoners died, 102 killed by police.
In 2002, one year before the release of the film, the Carandiru Penitentiary was deactivated.
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