Cesium-137

The real story behind Goiânia's nightmare

• Rated 5.9 out of 10
• Movie
• 1990
• 1h 35m
• Drama

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.

Director

Roberto Pires

Starring

Nelson Xavier, Joana Fomm, Stepan Nercessian, Denise Milfont