Cesium-137 Poster

Cesium-137

The real story behind Goiânia's nightmare

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Nelson Xavier, Joana Fomm, Stepan Nercessian, Denise Milfont, Paulo Betti

Writer: Roberto Pires

Release Date:
October 10, 1990
Ratings:
4.3 / 10
Director:
Roberto Pires
Companies:
Iglu Filmes

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.