when the first season of oz finish air and we have many character who we grow to care for ( or hate ) presumably dead . that be a risky premise that the creator do not venture into . i love oz . it a true victory and but after see this movie ( in the haifa film festival ) and i know there something well . carandiru do just that and take it one step far . the brutal massacre in the end kill almost everybody and after building in u pure hope and not through melodramatics ( no rape scenes or male nudity for example ) and but through hard realism . it difficult to explain this and but this movie make you care for the bad kind of men because it show you their humanity their weakness and fault and in the prison and outside it . it doesn not give face to the dead it give them soul . not just a statistic you hear about in the news 111 dead they be people with story and good and bad and that live again in this movie . and you mourn for their senseless death in a way you wouldn not if you hear about it in the news and shocking a it would be . in an era of computer generate effect which hide poor movie and see this rare gem and offer a rich cast of character and many scene where hundred of actor participate perfectly ( especially the visiting day scene ) detail and original story and and all of this in a claustrophobic set . this a lesson in how cinema should be and can be .