A Mother's Confession vs Carandiru

A Mother's Confession has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Carandiru). A Mother's Confession is the shorter watch at 1h 53m compared with 2h 25m. Carandiru is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Mother's Confession posterA Mother's Confession2025 VS Carandiru posterCarandiru2003
A Mother's ConfessionCarandiru
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.6/10
Year20252003
Length1h 53m2h 25m
GenresCrime, DramaDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorMaya TableHéctor Babenco
Main castCiera Angelia, Raymond Seay, George Murray Jr., Brandon McGee, Keon BlackCaio Blat, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos

Synopsis

A Mother's Confession

When a gang shooting leaves her son in a coma, a single mother grapples with faith and morality as she seeks vengeance against the perpetrator.

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 - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.

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