Pixote(1980)
Directed by: Héctor Babenco
Crime / Drama
MovieR2h 7m
1 edition on VHS
VHS edition
About the film
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.
Cast: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura
Production: HB Filmes, Embrafilme