Carandiru
Available Now
On DVD
- Synopsis
- Brazilian filmmaker Hector Babenco directs the confrontational drama Carandiru, based on the best-selling novel by Dr. Drauzio Varella. The episodic story is set in Sao Paulo's House of Detention (referred to as Carandiru), one of Latin America's ......
- Read Full Synopsis
- Director(s)
- Hector Babenco
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 148 min.
Critic Reviews
Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites
Carandiru is Babenco's fourth film set inside some type of incarceration facility and meshes his documentary style and fondness for realism with the escapism of storytelling found in "Kiss of the Spider Woman." It plunges us deep inside a corrupt system and its sincere empathy creates a stirring mix of emotions. Read the full review
The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites
Exudes a throbbing flesh-and-blood intensity so compelling that it's impossible to avert your eyes. Read the full review
Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites
The movie is powerful, if numbing. What movie about a massacre isn't? Read the full review
Watch Free Movies Online
SlashControl
Couch potatoes, rejoice! Choose from a library of 1000s of free movies and watch them online, anytime -- all at the brand-new SlashControl.
Watch Free Movies and TV Shows Online
Plus, check out:
