Pixote

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

1980 · 127 min · ★ 7.9 / 10 · 261 votes

Crime · Drama

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 · Edilson Lino · Zenildo Oliveira Santos · Claudio Bernardo · Israel Feres David · Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos · Marília Pêra · Jardel Filho

Director

Héctor Babenco