Released
Cesium-137
October 10 1990 (about 34 years ago)Rating
50
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3 reviews
The real story behind Goiânia's nightmare
- Director: Roberto Pires
- Writer: Roberto Pires
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 35 m
- Country: Brazil
- Companies: Iglu Filmes, Master Cinevideo
In 1987, in Goiânia, two paper collectors find a radioactive capsule and sell it to the owner of a junkyard. Once the capsule is opened, more than 250 people end up contaminated by the substance called Cesium 137, being the biggest radiological accident in the history of Brazil.
