73rd San Sebastian Festival - 19/27 September 2025
73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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Z365" or "Festival all year round" is the new strategic point of the Festival in which converge investigation, accompaniment and development of new talents (Ikusmira Berriak, Nest); training and cinematic knowledge transfer (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Zinemaldia + Plus, Filmmakers' dialogue); and investigation, disclosure and cinematic thought (Z70 project, Thought and Discussion and Research and publications).
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Carandiru prison, São Paulo, the biggest in Latin America. A famous doctor lands in a desperately overpopulated, appalling environment to implement an AIDS prevention programme. Accustomed to top-notch medicine, he has to learn to use his instinct to get by. He gradually gets to know the prisoners, their worlds, their humanity and their fabulous desire to live. He earns their respect and shares their secrets. His view reveals the social tragedy of a country, a tragedy which on 2 October 1992 culminated with the terrible Carandiru massacre.
Director
Hector Babenco
Screenplay
Victor Navas, Fernando Bonassi, Hector Babenco
Photography
Walter Carvalho
Edition
Mauro Alice
Music
André Abujamra
Cast
Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan De Almeida, Ailton Graça, Maria Luisa Mendonça
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Running Time
152 m.
Country
Brasil - Argentina - Italia
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