

Pixote
1980-09-26 · 127 min · ★ 7.9
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.
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- Directors
- Héctor Babenco
- Production companies
- HB Filmes, Embrafilme
- Countries
- Brazil
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Fernando Ramos da SilvaPixote
Marília PêraSueli
Jardel FilhoSapatos Brancos
Rubens de FalcoJudge
Elke MaravilhaDébora
Tony TornadoCristal
Beatriz SegallWidow
João José PompeoAlmir
Luiz SerraJournalist
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