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Pixote

Original title: Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

“They can't outrun the law of the weakest.”

★ 7.9 TMDB Rating · 261 votes

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.

Director
Héctor Babenco
Release date
Sep 26, 1980
Original language
Portuguese
Origin
Brazil

Cast of Pixote

  • Portrait of Fernando Ramos da Silva

    Fernando Ramos da Silva

    Pixote

  • Jorge Julião

    Lilica

  • Gilberto Moura

    Dito

  • Edilson Lino

    Chico

  • Zenildo Oliveira Santos

    Fumaça

  • Claudio Bernardo

    Garatao

  • Israel Feres David

    Roberto Pie de Plata

  • Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos

    Diego

  • Portrait of Marília Pêra

    Marília Pêra

    Sueli

  • Portrait of Jardel Filho

    Jardel Filho

    Sapatos Brancos

  • Portrait of Rubens de Falco

    Rubens de Falco

    Judge

  • Portrait of Elke Maravilha

    Elke Maravilha

    Débora

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