Pixote (1981)
Starring Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura
Directed by Hector Babenco
Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of São Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape where they make their living by the life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Runtime: 128 min.
Rating: 7.9
DVD
Languages: Portuguese
Countries: Brazil
Genres: Crime,Drama
Keywords: prostitution,lgbt
Cast
Pixote
Lilica
Dito
Chico
Fumaça
Garatao
Roberto Pie de Plata
Sueli
Sapatos Brancos
Judge
Débora
Cristal
Widow
Delegado
Journalist
Teacher
Foreigner
Psychologist
Raulzinho
Pixote's grandfather
First assault
Young man