Carandirú was released in the year 2003。Carandirú is also called as Carandiru, Carandiru: O Filme。

Film based on real life experiences of doctor Drauzio Varella inside dreadful State penitentiary Carandiru, in São Paulo, Brazil, while he was doing a social work of Aids prevention. There he found hundreds of convicts living under degrading conditions. The situation came to a climax in 1992, when in order to smother a rebellion, police force killed 111 men.

Carandirú actors and actresses include Aida Leiner, Ailton Graça, Caio Blat, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Maria Luisa Mendonça, Rodrigo Santoro, Wagner Moura。