Carandiru (2003)

Director:

Hector Babenco

Writers:

Hector Babenco (writer)
Fernando Bonassi (writer)
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Release Date:

11 April 2003 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Brazilian MD Drauzio Varella starts AIDS prevention in Brazil's largest prison, Carandiru, in São Paulo...

Plot Keywords:

Brazil | Doctor | Bare Butt | Blood | Demolition

Awards:

12 wins & 16 nominations

Cast

Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos	...	Physician
Milton Gonçalves	...	Chico
Ivan de Almeida	...	Ebony
Ailton Graça	...	Majestade
Maria Luisa Mendonça	...	Dalva
Aida Leiner	...	Rosirene
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Lady Di
Gero Camilo	...	No Way
Lázaro Ramos	...	Ezequiel
Caio Blat	...	Deusdete
Wagner Moura	...	Zico
Júlia Ianina	...	Francineide
Sabrina Greve	...	Catarina
Floriano Peixoto	...	Antônio Carlos
Ricardo Blat	...	Claudiomiro
Vanessa Gerbelli	...	Célia
Leona Cavalli	...	Dina
Milhem Cortaz	...	Peixeira
Dionísio Neto	...	Lula
Antônio Grassi	...	Warden Pires
Enrique Díaz	...	Gilson
Robson Nunes	...	Dadá
André Ceccato	...	Beard
Bukassa Kabengele	...	Radio Announcer (as Bukassa)
Sabotage	...	Fuinha
Maurício Marques	...	Dalva's boyfriend
Rita Cadillac	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gabriel Braga Nunes	...	Sérgio
Walter Breda	...	Antônio
Ângela Correa	...	Ebony's wife (as Angela Correia)
José de Paiva	...	Charuto
Marcelo Escorel
Sérgio Loroza	...	Gordo
Nelson Machado	...	Carioca
Oscar Magrini	...	Man 2
Nill Marcondes	...	Pimenta
Luis Miranda	...	Paulo Boca
Marcelo Palmares	...	Coelho
Luciano Quirino
Sílvio Roberto	...	Baiano
Régis Santos	...	Mário Cachorro
Dráuzio Varella	...	Himself

Directed by
Hector Babenco

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hector Babenco		writer
Fernando Bonassi		writer
Victor Navas		writer
Dráuzio Varella		book "Estação Carandiru"

Produced by
Hector Babenco	....	producer
Daniel Filho	....	associate producer
Fabiano Gullane	....	co-producer
Óscar Kramer	....	producer
Flávio R. Tambellini	....	co-producer

Original Music by
André Abujamra

Cinematography by
Walter Carvalho		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Mauro Alice

Casting by
Vivian Golombek

Production Design by
Clovis Bueno

Art Direction by
Vera Hamburger

Costume Design by
Cristina Camargo		(as Cris Camargo)

Makeup Department
Gabi Moraes	....	key makeup artist
Anna Van Steen	....	character makeup

Production Management
Edu Abad	....	location production manager
Alessandra Casolari	....	post-production supervisor
Caio Gullane	....	production manager
Waltinho Magalhães Filho	....	location production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Márcia Faria	....	first assistant director
Maria Farkas	....	trainee assistant director
Olivia Guimaraes	....	additional assistant director
Bento Lopes	....	trainee assistant director
Silvana Nascimento	....	additional assistant director
Claudia Nogarotto	....	second assistant director
Tomás Rezende	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Diogo Bergamo	....	assistant art producer
João Bueno	....	assistant art painter
Patrícia Cabral	....	assistant art painter
Ana Terra Capobiano	....	assistant set designer
Ana Paula Guimarães	....	art producer
Marcelo Lima	....	assistant property master
Valdy Lopes	....	assistant set designer (as Valdy Lopes Ferreira)
Magrão	....	property master
Rodrigo Artur Mendonça	....	assistant property master
Joe Ogasawara	....	assistant production designer
Fábio da Silva Oliveira	....	assistant art painter
Bia Pessoa	....	art painter
Bia Pessoa	....	special paint effects
José Pupe	....	construction coordinator
Andres Sandoval	....	assistant production designer
Leandro Vilar	....	assistant art producer

Sound Department
Miriam Biderman	....	supervising sound editor
Nancy Cabrera	....	foley artist
Ana Chiarini	....	dialogue editor
Ryan Collison	....	foley engineer
Rodrigo Ferrante	....	assistant sound
Ubiratan Guidio	....	assistant boom operator
Eliza Paley	....	supervising sound editor
Romeu Quinto	....	sound recordist
Luciano Raposo	....	boom operator
Marcelo Raposo	....	boom operator
Jacob Ribicoff	....	foley supervisor
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording mixer
Armando Torres Jr.	....	sound effects predubs

Special Effects by
Jorge Alberto Ávalos	....	special effects
Tom Cundom	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Andre Waller	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Agnaldo Bueno	....	stunt coordinator
Agnaldo Bueno	....	stunts
Claudimar Guimaraes	....	stunts
Dani Hu	....	action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Fernando Baia	....	electrician
Pablo Baião	....	second assistant camera
Juliana Bolonha	....	electrician
Amaro Francisco Campos	....	grip
Antonio Marcos Cardoso	....	electrician
Lula Carvalho	....	first assistant camera
Walter Carvalho	....	camera operator
Ademir Alberto da Silva	....	electrician
Eduardo de Andréa	....	assistant camera
Marcos de Noronha	....	chief electrician
Marcos Rogério Diógenes	....	grip
Marco T. Guglielmoni	....	Steadicam operator (as Marco Túlio Guglielmone)
Júlio Guimarães	....	grip
Guzulinha	....	grip
Pablo Hoffmann	....	third assistant camera
Ulisses Malta Jr.	....	electrician
Ulisses Malta	....	gaffer
Jorge Pfister	....	second camera operator
Edu Pimenta	....	video assist operator
Beto Quini	....	grip
Alexandre Samori	....	assistant camera
Paulo Wainer	....	third camera operator

Casting Department
Ana Csernik	....	casting assistant (as Ana Paula Csernik)
Cíntia Di Giorgi	....	casting assistant
Patricia Faria	....	casting assistant
Diana Galantini	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cássio Brasil	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Matias Mariani	....	post-production assistant
Deborah Osborn	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Ary Barroso	....	composer: song "Aquarela do Brasil"
Renato Lemos	....	conductor
Renato Lemos	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Afonso Coaracy	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Luciana Baptista	....	production secretary
Josmar Bueno Júnior	....	assistant production coordinator
Rita Cicoti	....	administrative assistant
Iara Lias de Abreu	....	executive production assistant
Doni	....	production assistant
Sônia Império Hamburger	....	executive production assistant
Lia Raulino Hillel	....	production assistant
Ariene Leite	....	assistant production coordinator
Manuela Mandler	....	production assistant
Silvana Matteusi	....	assistant coach
André Montenegro	....	production coordinator
Renata Moura	....	production assistant
Victor Navas	....	screenplay by
Jair Neto	....	production assistant
Anna Angélica Olivares	....	executive production assistant
Sergio Penna	....	acting coach
Sérgio Penna	....	coach
Rui Pires	....	production coordinator
Adelina Pontual	....	continuity
Paulo Sakopniak	....	production assistant
Regina Soares Souza	....	administrative assistant
Priscila Torres	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• BR Petrobrás
• Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil
• Globo Filmes
• HB Filmes
• Lereby Productions (associate production)
• Oscar Kramer S.A.

Distributors

• Barbar Film (2003) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (Canada) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures do Brasil
• Columbia TriStar Films (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• SPI International (Czech Republic)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2004) (USA) (subtitled)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Falco Ink.  publicity
• Yazbek e Portaro Advogados  legal services

Also Known As:

Carandirú (Argentina)
Carandiru: O Filme (Brazil) (trailer title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence/carnage, language, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

145 min | France:148 min (Cannes Film Festival)

Country:

Brazil | Argentina

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Hungary:16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Italy:T | Canada:18A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Carandiru Prision, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Company:

BR Petrobrás

Trivia:

The real Carandiru prison was demolished in 2002, it will be transformed into a park with arts facilities. One block (#2) was left intact to be used as a museum. The film was the last thing they used the prison before demolishing 90% of it.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The inmate kissing the posterior of Rita Cadillac during her performance is wearing a jersey for the Carolina Panthers, an American (NFL) Football team. That franchise hadn't even been granted yet in 1992 and thus didn't have a name, logo, or uniform design.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2005 Glitter Awards (2005) (V)

Funny, honest, human, wonderful movie.

Brazil is a country of contrasts, and this movie show that perfectly. The same person that can kill somebody without thinking it twice can be nice and gentle at very the next moment. Been in Brazil has this feeling, you may expect violence and danger, but you may get 99% of the time generosity and happiness. An, well, when you put 8000 man in the space of 4000, and they manage to create a micro-universe with there own rules, that works better than the world outside, it just can be in Brazil. Plenty of humor, humanity and honestly, this movie is superior to City Of God, just because it has a positive, optimist message regarding that'111 or so prisoners died in the 1990s' as Alexdffy point out above, showing a lot of respect for human life. Wightly recommended for open minds, that can see the person beyond the criminal...and not criminal to.