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They can't outrun the law of the weakest.
Themes:Loss Of InnocenceThe Human ConditionComing Of AgeStreet LifePovertyInnocence LostUrban DecayYouth In CrisisDiscover Similar ThemesMood:MelancholicHopefulSomberGrittyBleakDiscover Similar Mood
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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Cycle Of ViolenceStreet Kids' StrugglesJuvenile DelinquencyChild ExploitationSurvival On The StreetsFriendship Under AdversityCriminal UnderworldPolice Corruption












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Directed by: Maria Cecília M. de Barros, Héctor Babenco, Rodolfo Sánchez
Produced by: Jose Pinto, Héctor Babenco, Paulo Francini
Composed by: John Neschling
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