Movie

Pixote (1980)

• R
• September 26, 1980
• 2h 7m

• Crime
• Drama

“They can't outrun the law of the weakest.”

Overview

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

Writers

Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán, José Louzeiro

Starring

Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura