Hector Babenco

Carandiru
7.6

Carandiru

Mar. 21, 2003

Carandiru

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo – ...
Ironweed
6.7

Ironweed

Dec. 18, 1987

Ironweed

Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major ...
Kiss of the Spider Woman
7.4

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a gay man, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is ...
Pixote
8

Pixote

Sep. 11, 1981

Pixote

Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of São Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, ...