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2.50*
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Alive and kicking
Movies
![Carandiru poster](/thumbs/img/posters/300xauto/carandiru.webp)
Brazilian prisons are popular film and docu material. Carandiru takes its time to introduce a rather broad main cast and builds up towards a violent showdown in the second half. There are some good moments here, but also some less that stellar melodrama that makes it hard to become fully captivated by the film.