The Prisoner of the Iron Bars

Name: The Prisoner of the Iron Bars
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 16 Apr 2004
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Adeir Cupertino, Celso Ferreira de Albuquerque, Cláudio Fabiano, Etelvino Batista da Silva, Flaviano Souza Fonseca Filho

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.

Genre: Documentary, History

Cast: Adeir Cupertino, Celso Ferreira de Albuquerque, Cláudio Fabiano, Etelvino Batista da Silva, Flaviano Souza Fonseca Filho, João Vicente Lopes

Crew: Paulo Sacramento (Director), Idê Lacreta (Editor), Paulo Sacramento (Editor), Aloysio Raulino (Cinematography), Louis Robin (Sound), Gustavo Steinberg (Producer)

Studio: Olhos de Cão Produções Cinematográficas, TV Cultura, Secretaria de Cultura e Economia Criativa do Estado de São Paulo

Runtime: 123 minutes

Quality: HD

Release: Apr 16, 2004

IMDb: 3.5

Country: Brazil

Language: English, Français, Deutsch, Português

Keyword : prison, prisoner, latin american history, incarceration, political documentary, brazil

The Prisoner of the Iron Bars

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