Carandiru vs Forgiveness Girl

Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Carandiru). Forgiveness Girl is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 25m. Carandiru is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Carandiru posterCarandiru2003 VS Forgiveness Girl posterForgiveness Girl2025
CarandiruForgiveness Girl
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 10.0/10
Year20032025
Length2h 25m1h 51m
GenresDramaDrama, Family
Country–US
DirectorHéctor BabencoRob Diamond
Main castCaio Blat, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos VasconcelosWalter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda Yeaman

Synopsis

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.

Forgiveness Girl

A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.

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