Pixote
1980·Movie
·2h 7min·
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They can't outrun the law of the weakest.
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.
Brazilian Social RealismStreet UrchinCrime & ExploitationGritty & DisturbingPoverty & ViolenceChildhood LostTransgender RepresentationBleak PortrayalYouth Detention
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Directed by:
Héctor Babenco, Maria Cecília M. de Barros
Written by:
Héctor Babenco, José Louzeiro, Jorge Durán
Produced by:
Héctor Babenco, Sylvia B. Naves, Paulo Francini
Composed by:
John Neschling
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