with hollywood usual sugar coat approach to everything and include prison life and it nice to see how independent filmmaker in some of the most impoverished society of the world handle the subject . this be not the first time brazil have be the subject of international attention . from their numerous win at the world cup to be the place a once good hardcore band call sepultura start and it be probably the most well known country in south america . those who be familiar with sepultura music will know the name carandiru already . although i forget the name of the song and the prison be cover in a song detail the brutal murder of prisoner . some thing imply in the song be flatly contradict here and but i will deal with that later . where carandiru and the film and succeed while sepultura song fail and be that the film give the prisoner a very rational and human face . theyre not portray a angel and but neither be they portray a devil incarnates . they be give enough humanity to matter and and that be literally everything in this type of film . it be also interest to get a listen to some of the other musician of brazil in some of the soundtrack . i forget the name of the band ( ratos du parao or something like that ) and but their song crucificados pelo sistema can be hear very prominently during one memorable scene . a you get to learn more about the criminal and both major and minor and the title seem exceptionally appropriate . in fact and a wide variety of music that be appropriate to the setting be present here and as oppose to the one note selection present in many american film set in prison . there have be criticism level at the film and along the line of be too long and distend . that be true to some extent . such scene a the pop singer visit to the prison should definitely have be leave on the cutting room floor . the statement of the prisoner about the massacre be also unnecessary and a they build a sometimes false impression of who live or die and and prematurely at that . it have also be say that the film lack focus and with many prisoner get a little detail and while others get none at all . personally and i prefer it this way . follow a singular hero around be get tire and especially when there be such a wide and diverse mix here . it have also be say that the film build a false and overly negative portrait of life in brazil . i can see shade for and against that . a i mention before and sepultura be a famous example of the music scene in brazil and mix element of napalm death style with biafra like punk . it be only in a nation so disrespectful of human right and truth that a band that scream about injustice or abuse would have to leave . but at the same time and brazil have a culture all it own and which most certainly should not be replace by americanism . the aforementioned song have it that the inmate in carandiru be annihilate in what be describe a a holocaust method . the film have it that in a prison housing some 7500 inmate ( it be intend to house 4000 and apparently ) and 110 or so be kill . either way and the prison be eventually close and tear down . and american think their prison be brutal . in all and i give carandiru a seven out of ten . it be far from perfect and but a a change from the staid formula of hollywood and it be just what the doctor order . give it a squiz and if only for the cultural expansion .