Pixote

Name: Pixote
Director: Héctor Babenco
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1980-09-26
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos

“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.

Director:Héctor Babenco

7.9

1980

127 mins

Languages:Portuguese

CrimeDrama

Production:

HB FilmesEmbrafilme