Hector Babenco

Carandiru
7.6

Carandiru

Mar. 21, 2003

Carandiru

Carandiru, a story based on real facts and on the book written by the doctor Drauzio Varella, starts when he decides to carry out an AIDS ...
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
6.9

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote ...
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 homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin ...
Pixote
8.0

Pixote

Sep. 11, 1981

Pixote

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