Carandiru cold war George Wendt

George Wendt

It's 1944 and Americans are in the mood for something to take their minds off the challenges of World War II -- something like a juicy sex scandal

In the third of their four luminous screen pairings

left untreated

decides not to renew the land lease on a bowling alley in a small town

Carandiru cold war George WendtMurderers, rapists, stool pigeons, drug addicts. They were the feared ones, the criminals who really ran Carandiru, Brazil's largest correctional facility: Ebony, an honorable thief and respected leader; Highness, a smooth operator with two families to support; Ezequiel, an ex surfer turned crack addict; Dagger, a brutal killer with God on his side. They were among the prison's elite, the select few who ruled Carandiru by their own codes and laws. A