Carandiru

Once again, I selected my next Zip pick at the suggestion of T-Bone. This time it was Carandiru (imdb | rotten tomatoes), a film about the the 1992 São Paulo prison riot. I could feel real similarities to City Of God; there must be an established Bralizian style of film making. The telling of the story seemed more important than just recounting it, letting us actually get a sense of how pathetic and ferocious the inmates were. Not as good as City Of God, but I’d still recommend it.

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