Carandiru (2003) more movies like this

directed by Hector Babenco
featuring Caio Blat, Luis Carlos Vasconcelos, Milhem Cortaz, Milton Goncalves, Ivan de Almeida, Ailton Graca, Maria Luiza Mendonca, Rodrigo Santoro

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 largest prison systems. The doctor (Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos) is an oncologist who arrives in the jail ...

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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2008) more movies like this

directed by Cao Hamburger
featuring Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Caio Blat, Daniela Piepszyk, Liliana Castro

A 12-year-old Brazilian boy who longs to see his team win out over Italy in the 1970 World Cup match finds his entire world turned upside down as his left-wing parents are forced into hiding and he is sent to live with his grandfather in São Paulo's Bom Retiro district. Though his country is being held in the grip of a military dictatorship and ...

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