When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America's largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo's Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
Carandiru has generally received very positive reviews.
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Carandiru was released in 2003 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 176 reviews, giving Carandiru (2003) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 67%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Carandiru than critics were.
With a score of 76%, Carandiru is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like Open Range, 21 Grams and I'm Not Scared.
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