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Cesium-137 (1990)

Cesium-137 (1990)

Drama

The real story behind Goiânia's nightmare

Release Date: 1990, October 10
Directors: Roberto Pires
Countries: Brazil
Production: Iglu Filmes, Master Cinevideo
Cast: Marcélia Cartaxo, Paulo Gorgulho, Joana Fomm, Stepan Nercessian, Paulo Betti, Carmem Moretzsohn, Nelson Xavier, Mallu Moraes, Mauri de Castro, Jorgeh Ramos, Thelma Reston, Denise Milfont

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.

Keywords:

based on true story radioactivity contamination radioactive object or substance