Pixote

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1980 · 127 min · R · Crime · Drama · TMDB 7.9/10

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.

Directed by Héctor Babenco

Cast

• Fernando Ramos da Silva — Pixote
• Jorge Julião — Lilica
• Gilberto Moura — Dito
• Edilson Lino — Chico
• Zenildo Oliveira Santos — Fumaça