Dráuzio Varella (Acting)

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.

Release Date:2003-03-21

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:551

Por Um Fio

Department:Writing

Job:Book

Plurais

Release Date:2024-10-09

Character:Himself

Alergia - O corpo em alerta

Release Date:2024-01-21

Character:Self - Host

Episode Count:3

Nanismo

Release Date:2023-01-22

Episode Count:3

Sars-CoV-2: O Tempo da Pandemia

Seven doctors and public health specialists accept the mission to fight the pandemic, working voluntarily. This unforeseen task in the careers of Paulo Chapchap, Maurício Ceschin, Gonzalo Vecina, Drauzio Varella, Sidney Klajner, Eugênio Vilaça and Pedro Barbosa is commented on by them. In addition to following this committee, the documentary brings reports from frontline professionals, working in São Paulo and Manaus, about the experience of going to Covid-19 to take care of patients and the elderly.

Release Date:2021-10-30

Character:Himself

Tudo ao Mesmo Tempo - A Vida com TDAH

Release Date:2021-10-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Character:

Episode Count:3

Terceiro Lado

Release Date:2020-12-18

Character:Himself

Parada Obrigatória: Vencendo a Ansiedade

Release Date:2020-12-06

Character:Self

Episode Count:2

Um Crime Entre Nós

Release Date:2020-05-19

Vote Count:2

Encarcerados

Reveals the real, day-to-day life of penitentiary officers from São Paulo, Brazil.

Release Date:2019-10-18

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Letter Beyond the Walls

Letter Beyond the Walls reconstructs the trajectory of HIV and AIDS with a focus on Brazil, through interviews with doctors, activists, patients and other actors, in addition to extensive archival material. From the initial panic to awareness campaigns, passing through the stigma imposed on people living with HIV, the documentary shows how society faced this epidemic in its deadliest phase over more than two decades. With this historical approach as its base, the film looks at the way HIV is viewed in today's society, revealing a picture of persistent misinformation and prejudice, which especially affects Brazil’s most historically vulnerable populations.

Release Date:2019-09-26

Character:Self

Vote Count:12

Não Tá Tudo Bem, Mas Vai Ficar.

Release Date:2019-08-04

Character:Self

Episode Count:3

Drauzio em Campo

Release Date:2019-07-03

Episode Count:6

Talk to Him

Dr. Drauzio Varella has a hypothetical conversation with his friend Hector Babenco, a filmmaker who died in 2016. The importance of friendship is addressed in the documentary based on the death of a friend — and shows the decrease in happiness and the irreplaceable void left by this game.

Release Date:2018-10-19

Character:Dráuzio

Prisão Química – Casagrande e a Luta Contra a Cocaína

Release Date:2018-05-20

Character:Self - Host

Episode Count:3

O Sistema

Release Date:2017-10-08

Character:Self - Host

Episode Count:7

A Felicidade de Margô

Release Date:2017-05-08

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Conversa com Bial

Journalist Pedro Bial discusses the most important current news in Brazil and in the rest of the world.

Release Date:2017-05-03

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1

Ilegal

Her daughter afflicted by a rare epilepsy, Katiele tries desperately to obtain the only thing that can relieve it: a substance derived from marijuana.

Release Date:2014-10-09

Character:Ele mesmo

Vote Count:4

Our Stories, Ourselves

Sixty-six adolescents, residents of Favela da Maré, were selected to participate in a dance show led by the choreographer Ivaldo Bertazzo, which incorporated their own daily experiences. Ten years later, directors David Meyer and Helena Soldberg search for some of the participants of this experience.

Release Date:2013-04-07

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Breaking the Taboo

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years

Release Date:2011-06-03

Character:Self

Vote Count:32

Consideração do Poema

Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Adriana Calcanhoto, Fernanda Torres, Marilia Pera, Antonio Cicero and others.

Release Date:2011-03-03

Vote Count:1

Histórias do Rio Negro

Collection of stories told by people who live near the banks of river Rio Negro, in the Amazon.

Release Date:2007-06-01

Character:Entrevistador

God and Devil on Top of the Wall

Imagine a prison with some ten thousand prisoners, many of them dangerous and, to control them, only a few unarmed employees. Small in number, these employees work in shifts. They are almost prisoners themselves, in a routine of tension, but also of humor and emotion. This prison was all too real. While it was in existence, the Carandiru was the largest prison in Latin America, administered by a reduced number of employees. The documentary shows, from the point of view of these few employees, holding the keys, how the prison operated: the delicate balance in the relationship with the prisoners, affinity among employees, moments of tension and, even, of happiness. These are stories told by former employees, among them, Dr. Dráuzio Varella, author of the book Estação Carandiru. These are the secrets of a place that no longer exists.

Release Date:2006-03-17

Character:Self

Vote Count:1

Carandiru: The Series

Release Date:2005-06-10

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:1

The Prisoner of the Iron Bars

In 2002, the greatest prison in Latin America, Complex Carandiru, was demolished. A couple of months before its implosion, director Paulo Sacramento trained some inmates and together with his crew, they produced many hours of footage, showing daily life in prison.

Release Date:2004-04-16

Character:Himself

Vote Count:11

Fantástico

Fantástico is a Brazilian weekly television newsmagazine broadcast on Sundays on Rede Globo.

Release Date:1973-08-05

Character:Reporter

Vote Count:2