Cesium-137

Name: Cesium-137
Director: Petrus Pires
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-10-10
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 4.3
Cast: Nelson Xavier, Joana Fomm, Stepan Nercessian, Denise Milfont, Paulo Betti

"The real story behind Goiânia's nightmare"

4.3(6 votes)

1h 35m

October 10, 1990

Drama

Overview

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.