The Prisoner of the Iron Bars

Name: The Prisoner of the Iron Bars
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2004-04-16
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Adeir Cupertino, Celso Ferreira de Albuquerque, Cláudio Fabiano, Etelvino Batista da Silva, Flaviano Souza Fonseca Filho

7.5(11 votes)

2004

2h 3m

DocumentaryHistory

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Overview

In 2002, the greatest prison in Latin America, Complex Carandiru, was demolished. A couple of months before its implosion, director Paulo Sacramento trained some inmates and together with his crew, they produced many hours of footage, showing daily life in prison.