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Pixote

1980Movie2 h 7 minR

CrimeDrama
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.2/5
80
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.9Letterboxd4.2/5

Summary

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.

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  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults
  • Solo watch

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Fingerprint

  • Weighs on you.
  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Breaks your heart.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Makes you care deeply.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crookin 113 titlesIt's actually unclear what if any criminal activity Pixote was part of before being chucked in the nightmarish Juvenile Hell, but in the reformatory he's introduced to huffing paint, and he plays in…Trans Tribulationsin 92 titlesLilica is a trans woman in 1980s Brazil. Since she's dirt poor, she has to settle for wearing a wig and dressing in women's clothing.All 27 tropes

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