
Cesium-137
The real story behind Goiânia's nightmare
- 1990
- 1h 35m
- Drama
Rating: 5.9 out of 10TMDB(9 votes)
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.
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Based on
Based on a true story
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Roberto PiresScreenplay
- Original title
- Césio 137 - O Pesadelo de Goiânia
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 10, 1990
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil






























