Carandiru (2003)

Summary: Brazilian MD Drauzio Varella starts AIDS prevention in Brazil's largest prison, Carandiru in São Paulo, where the population is nearly double its 4,000 maximum. Doc learns from experience and the tragic stories of hideous crimes w...

Release Date: April 11, 2003

Genres: Crime, Drama

Director: Hector Babenco

Writers: Hector Babenco

, Fernando Bonassi

, Victor Navas

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: BR Petrobrás, Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil, Globo Filmes, HB Filmes, Lereby Productions, Oscar Kramer S.A.

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Countries: Brazil, Argentina, Italy

Language: Portuguese

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 216,335

International: $ 10,565,300

Burnt Money (2000)

Summary: Nene & Angel and their accomplice Cuervo participate in a botched bank robbery in 1965 Buenos Aires, then hide out from the police in Uruguay while the gang breaks down.

Release Date: May 11, 2000

Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance

Director: Marcelo Piñeyro

Writers: Marcelo Figueras

, Ricardo Piglia

, Marcelo Piñeyro

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: R

Production: Oscar Kramer S.A., Cuatro Cabezas, Estudios Darwin, Romikin S.A., Patricio Tobal, Editorial Capayán, Fundación Octubre, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), Mandarin Films S.A., Programa Ibermedia, Punto B.S.R.L. Planificación y Medios, Taxi Films, Tornasol Films, Vía Digital

Distributor: Strand Releasing

Countries: Argentina, Spain, Uruguay

Language: Spanish

Domestic: $ 183,132

International: $ 6,943

I Don't Want to Talk About It (1993)

Summary: Leonor, a widow in a small South American town, gives birth to Charlotte, a dwarf. The mother not only provides a rich childhood for her daughter, she erases any clues her daughter might see that would lead her to think she is dif...

Release Date: October 21, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: María Luisa Bemberg