This one's orange!
Dona Graça, Ebony sent you this.
Thanks.
Oh, look, my man! Want some?
No, thank you.
See, Franci, that's the sort of man I want.
Tell me, you think Deusdete will like me?
That's up to the two of you.
It's easier for him if he has a sweetheart waiting on the outside.
You're right. You need a heart full of love to put up with this life.
Take my boy, he's always asking about his father.
What did he say when you told him I was coming?
That you could come if you felt like it.
Good work, man.
Agenor Barbosa, inmate 15027, your brothers Pedro, Luis...
and Felicio are waiting for you at the barbershop.
Deusdete, this is Catarina I told you about.
This is me.
Franci's told me a lot about you.
Nothing good, I hope!
Only the best. She was even a bit jealous...
when I said I wanted to meet you, right Franci?
Zico.
Hi, Franci.
Wow, you're so thin. Been eating too much junk?
Sure thing. But that's the least of it, right Zico?
Son, have you been taking good care of your brother?
You bet, Godmother!
The game's starting, the referee blows the whistle...
and they're off! There goes Neto, and he's through...
to the penalty area, playing beautifully, passing one player...
dribbling that ball, and Highness takes a shot...
Inmate Josué "Highness" Santos, Section 9302...
come immediately to the entrance of Pavillon 9.
Darling...
I'll be right back.
Joel Firmino and his wife, Lucinda, please come to the loudspeakers...
where your lost son is waiting for you.
Hi, honey!
Kiss me on the mouth!
Oh honey, today's not a good day.
The boiler burst and the guy said I've got to fix it by tonight.
Look here, Highness, you haven't worked a day in your life.
You're not going to tell me you've turned over a new leaf!
You've got that white trash in there!
No way, I swear! Where did you get that idea?
Really? So let's go and take a look!
'Cause I think that white slut is in there with you!
Get out of my way!
Do you think I'm stupid, an idiot? I know she's in there!
I know, you can't get rid of her!
What are you looking at?
There! I just knew you were with that whore!
Oh, so now I'm the whore, am I?
Stop, stop!
Go on, Son.
Sit down, Dalva.
Rosirene, sit down.
Right, now you're here, there's no turning back.
The three of us are going to come to an agreement.
Rosirene, Dalva's no whore, all right?
She works at the textile factory and raises our kids.
They're my kids, damn it!
And you, too, you said Rosirene's worthless...
and that's not true, either.
If it weren't for her bringing me some decent stuff...
to sell in here, we'd all be going hungry.
If you like both of us, that's your problem.
Oh, Jesus!
Yeah, Highness...
you're going to have to choose between us, right now.
Damn right!
Shit, you're breaking my heart in two, damn it!
Two women, Doctor! What do these crooks have that we haven't?
Have you kissed your wife today, Mr. Pires?
No, why?
I rest my case.
Can I join you?
So, nothing to tell?
You're the one never told us what happened that day.
that's ancient history, Zico.
You never told me what they did to you!
When you get out of here, promise me you'll let your hair grow?
You believe in promises?
Deusdete was right...
you're not the Zico we used to know.
Anyone home?
What's up, Dagger?
I've got a message for a friend.
I know.
What's that look on your face?
I pretended I had AIDS, so they'd leave me alone...
but it was no use. The bastard who did me is infected.
Forget it, kid, he told me to tell you he lied, too.
He hasn't got AIDS, either.
What is it?
Ezequiel wants to pay.
You don't owe me anything, man.
Ezequiel spoke to her and she said yes.
I don't get it.
Ezequiel wants to pay with her. Ezequiel's sister sleeps with...
some of the guys, raises some cash and pays the debt with Zico.
Ezequiel has no other possessions.
Do whatever you think's best.
I was blind, I believed her.
Will you ever...
be able to trust me again?
I never stopped trusting you.
He's our family now.
Let's sing "Happy Birthday"!
Here, sit on my lap.
Happy birthday to you...
Sir, we're in love. Lady and I would like your blessing.
It's Dirceu. His name is Dirceu.
Son, do you believe in him?
Mother, I've never met anyone like Matias.
I don't get this kid.
We're too old to know What's right, Antônio.
If it's what Dirceu wants, What's the harm?
In here they can get up to all the disgusting things they like.
Son...
bye!
Your attention, please! Visitors Day is almost over...
so will family members please go to the exit.
The gates will close in ten minutes.
Excuse me, Doctor. This is my boy.
I know he's done wrong...
but when I think of him, I can't believe he took someone's life.
I want to ask you to keep an eye on Davilson for me.
I can't look after him in here.
Come and see me at the infirmary.
Thank you, Doctor.
So, can I come back next time?
If you think it's worth it.
It 'll be so long before I get out.
I'm in no hurry.
Mr. Pires, his body was already hanging here when we woke up.
This one won't be raping anyone else.
The Doctor said it should read positive.
No! Positive means you've got it in your blood!
It has to be negative.
HIV-negative.
I'll go first; my case is more desperate.
I'm clean!
Well, you've had your fun, had over 2,000 men...
and you're clean.
And me, as square as they come? it's just too bad.
I'm clean too, Lady.
What's wrong?
"TOO BAD"
They're letting me out, Lady.
So why aren't you happy?
And leave you here all alone?
I'm not alone.
I have you.
No one works for me who can't be trusted.
You ask permission to kill, then change your mind?
But Ebony, I'll be out in two years.
Better keep quiet and settle the score on the outside, right?
Ezequiel...
you owed and didn't pay.
You're alive, but you can't stay here.
Get your things and go to the yellow wing.
As for you, Zico...
you're no criminal.
You're a clown.
It's all right, Doctor.
So many years locked up...
the mind learns to control the body.
Chico, how come you're in here?
Oh, Doctor, you want to hear yet another lie?
No one in here is really guilty, haven't you noticed?
Much longer to go?
I should have been out long ago. It's in the hands of the judge.
Oh, Doctor, I can't wait.
Best thing about jail is getting out!
And leave behind all your friends, Chico?
Friends? I don't want inmates for friends.
I finish talking to you, close the door, and that's that.
In here you have to walk alone...
or maybe with God.
What about your daughter?
What are you thinking, Chico?
I was imagining these two...
flying up...
higher into the sky.
It's weird.
This is weird!
Weird.
Come out, you son of a bitch!
Come out!
What can you see?
It's trying to stab me in the eye!
Want to stab me?
Son of a bitch!
There's no one there, man. Jesus, brother, you're too crazy, Zico.
It's me, man!
Give me that knife, Zico. Come on, give me the knife!
Give me the knife!
Get a grip, Zico. You trying to get yourself killed?
Stop smoking, Zico.
I don't want that shit in here anymore!
So Mr. Pires, shall I go and fetch the old man?
No, let him be.
Look, Ebony, I know that when I went to visit Zico...
Deusdete didn't let us do crack in there.
That's no reason to kill like a coward!
I was scared shitless. Went to bed and woke up burned!
How dare he kill without asking us?
Mind your own business.
He was a childhood friend. If you had a friend to advise you...
would you have done the same thing to him?
That's their problem!
You're wrong. Now it's our problem.
Here she comes!
Too Bad, honey...
do you take Lady as your true wife?
Yes.
And do you, Lady, take Too Bad as your husband?
I do.
Then as the presiding queen...
I hereby declare you man...
and wife!
Kiss! Kiss!
First I want to propose a toast...
to the Doctor!
Because thanks to all the medicine this gentleman...
has taught me, I'm going out to open my own clinic.
While I wait for you, my beauty...
so we can start our own family.
Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!
Highness?
Can't I have some on account?
What the fuck?
Son of a bitch!
Jesus, he chickened out!
Ezequiel...
come here!
Come here, Ezequiel!
Hey, Ezequiel, you think that bastard Zico...
is to blame for all your misery, right?
Sure, but Ezequiel's life has always been miserable.
And wasn't it Zico made Ezequiel offer his sister for the drugs?
Sure, what was I supposed to do?
So forget it, you did it.
Ezequiel stabbed Zico, over 30 times.
But Highness...
Ezequiel will be out in just two years.
If I do that I'll get another twenty!
Two years, twenty years, What's the difference to Ezequiel?
Ezequiel has AIDS.
At least you'll get a cell to yourself, laundry...
and of course, crack to smoke.
I was the one wiped out Zico.
Now I don't owe anyone a thing.
Old man?
Go in peace.
Keep it, you need all the peace you can get in there.
Why didn't you knife me?
I couldn't! What about him?
He won't leave me alone, follows me everywhere.
So, Zico, up in heaven, did you meet anyone?
No one you know, just him.
No, Zico, what about God?
Not God in person, haven't seen Him yet.
What's wrong?
Doctor, how can you tell whether you're going mad?
Zico came back...
to haunt me because I couldn't kill him.
You been seeing ghosts, Dagger?
A guy like me, unable to kill?
Never happened before!
Isn't that a good thing?
I only know how to kill.
that's how I grew up.
We change, Dagger.
Doctor, I have to know What's happening to me, Doctor!
Am I no longer myself?
Maybe it's your guilt over having killed so many.
Doctor...
is there a cure for guilt?
If there were, everyone would want some.
Father.
Enter, Brother.
Come!
Did you know the Lord has a plan for you?
Enter!
This is your home.
You are lost, Brother.
You don't know it, but it was He who brought you here.
Who, Father?
Jesus! He knows you can't sleep if you haven't harmed someone...
that you have sleepless nights unless you've thrown a man down.
Isn't that what it's like every day, Brother?
Come on, isn't it?
Yes, Father!
Yes it is!
There is so much blood on me, Father!
So, Brother, kneel down. Come on, kneel down!
Will you accept Jesus? Will you accept Jesus?
Well, Brother, will you accept Jesus?
Which of you has accepted Jesus?
Hallelujah!
Criminals of Brazil...
the big day is here, the Pavilion 9 finals!
Marsh going for the trophy with...
Valient, Samuel, Dadá, Saint...
Indian Boa Ventura, Minimum Wage, Valdir, AR15...
Hildo Ribeiro and Gererê!
Tornado 2000 is here with...
Little Eye, Sleeve, White Feather, Gringo...
Salomão Ayala, Ed Murphy, Greenhouse Joe, Zelão, Flavinho...
Ebony Ten and Tafarel!
To kick off this glorious sporting event...
none other than our healer, the wizard of medicinal alchemy...
and official trainer of the criminal classes!
And they're off! Saint passes to AR15, Dadá covering him...
Marsh on the attack! Forcing the ball back...
Into the hands of Tafarel.
Up goes the ball! And it's out...
So, Beard, you all right?
Couldn't be better. Have a good weekend.
Unfortunately, The Beard was wrong.
He needed some of old Chico's wisdom, who once said to me:
"A quiet, obedient jail? Sure sign of trouble."
Two weeks later, when I got back...
there were nothing but bullet holes covering the walls.
Hey, you! Go find your own line.
I'll use this one.
Go away!
Are you crazy, man?
So let me dry my clothes!
You've got some nerve, man!
What's it got to do with you?
Stop!
Stop, or I shoot!
Some say it started because of a debt for five packs of cigarettes.
Others that it was a fight over the soccer game.
One or two say it was about a pair of underpants.
Like they say, "Jail's no home for the truth".
And Dadá's down, it's a penalty!
Penalty for Marsh one minute before the end!
The referee's surrounded, and he's sending a player off!
Dadá's taking the penalty himself.
Getting ready...
concentrating.
Go on, Dadá!
Goal!!!
Jesus Christ!
Watch out, Rabbit's gang is coming!
Just look what you did to him.
- Greedy bastard! - Could have used your hand, man!
Just over a pair of underpants, Jesus!
Why couldn't you have waited?
- What's it got to do with you? - Go fuck yourself, damn it!
Fucking asshole!
We're the champions!
I was scared, Doctor!
All hell broke loose, and when the blood boils...
criminals lose all control.
With the confusion, I could easily have got hurt badly.
Sound the alarm! Riot in nine!
The place is ours! We're locked in!
Forget it, let them die if they want. let's get to our cell!
The war's started!
War! let's torch the place!
Go on!
Another exploslon in the overcrowded Detention Center...
which is the biggest in Latin America...
with a total capacity of 4,000 inmates.
Only nowadays it's more crowded than ever, with 7,500 prisoners!
The riot squad has been called and is storming the jail-
over 300 men with revolvers, machine guns and tear gas.
By then, no one could hear a damn thing.
Through the bars we could see a bunch of masked cops.
All you could see was their eyes, the dogs, machine guns...
and a helicopter flying real low, pointing a machine gun at us.
Certainly, sir, right away!
Orders from the governor... you're in charge now, Colonel.
The troops are here to do whatever's necessary.
You're an experienced man. If you need to move in, go ahead.
No, I can't accept that! This is my jail!
Squad... attention!
Pay attention, men! Return to your cells!
Back to your cells, otherwise the cops are coming in!
If they come in here, they'll all die!
Mr. Pires, plenty of men should have been released by now!
We want better conditions!
Mr. Pires, send the riot squad away!
So go back to your cells!
Everyone back to his cell, or you'll regret it!
No regrets in here!
How many hostages do you have?
Are there hostages in there?
We've no hostages, Mr. Pires!
This is our fight, Mr. Pires!
See, Colonel, they've no hostages, no water, no electricity!
They can't hold out for long!
Save us, Mr. Pires!
Don't let them come in here. Send the riot squad away!
I'm having a tough time holding them back!
Let's keep calm!
Now hand over your weapons!
Surrender your weapons!
See, Colonel? Everything's calm. You can send them away.
Pay attention! Everyone back to your cells!
Return to your cells!
Let's stay calm!
Back to your cells!
With an election coming up...
the governor wasn't going to let the jail explode.
You!
Show us the way, let's go.
We may be a bunch of ignorant thieves and murderers...
but we're not stupid. No one wants to die.
We ran to our cells. We couldn't put up a fight...
with knives and sticks.
Go back, I'm warning you, we've all got AIDS! You're gonna die!
They came in to kill us, Doctor, shouting we all had AIDS...
that they'd catch it if they touched us.
Shit, I don't want to die!
Hey, get out!
Let me through!
Open the fuck up!
Sergeant, let's play cops and robbers!
Open! Open up!
They're killing everyone!
You're going to live to tell the tale.
I changed my mind.
Like hell he changed his mind!
It was pure spite. He only fed Ezequiel a glimmer of hope...
just so he could come back and kill him.
You two been causing trouble?
No way, we're sports fans.
So, you thief, how do you like some of your own medicine!
You got lucky this time.
Who knows?
I guess he didn't have the courage to shoot a woman.
It was our love that saved us.
It was the cop's son who saved my life. God bless the cop's son!
God bless that cop's son!
- Get out, scum, stand up! - For God's sake, I'm unarmed!
Out of your cell!
I know you killed a cop! No fooling me!
I never killed anyone, sir! I'm only in for 3 years. Spare me, spare me!
Listen here, the only reason this is your lucky day...
is because you look like my son.
Anyone alive, undress and come out naked!
I want to hear you say, "Long live the riot squad!" Go on!
Long live the riot squad!
Louder, you murderer! Long live the riot squad!
- Long live the riot squad! - Long live the riot squad!
Everyone now! Long live the riot squad!
- Long live the riot squad! - Long live the riot squad!
Lieutenant, the only ones left inside won't be going anywhere.
Undress, everything, come on!
Heads down!
Davilson, dear Son...
your mother weeps when she thinks of you when you were little...
laughing deep into my eyes.
I know you never believed in my God...
but today, as I read the Bible, it was as if you were here...
in my lap again.
My heart trembled as I read Psalm 91.
What beautiful words:
"A thousand may fall at your right hand...
but no evil will come near you...
no scourge come near your tent."
In the late '80s, AIDS prevention work in jails...
took me to the São Paulo Detention Center. Carandiru.
There, I heard stories, made real friends, learned medicine...
and penetrated a few of the mysteries of life in jail...
which would have remained inaccessible were I not a doctor.
- Morning, Doctor. - Good morning.
Even today, whenever I hear the iron gates close behind me...
I feel that shudder, just like all those matinees...
at the Rialto Cinema, where I'd sit glued to my chair...
as I watched all those jail films in black-and-white.
"On October 2, 1992, 111 men died at the São Paulo Detention Center.
There were no police deaths.
The only ones who know what really happened are God...
the police, and the inmates. I just heard the latter."
"On September 15, 2002, the last inmates were transferred.
Once empty, Carandiru closed its doors."
"On December 9, Carandiru was finally demolished."