Pixote

Pixote

They can't outrun the law of the weakest.

8%

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1980-09-26

Crime, Drama

Runtime: 128 minutes

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.

Featured Crew

Héctor Babenco

Producer

Héctor Babenco

Director