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Screenplay Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán
Director Héctor Babenco

Pixote

Original Title: Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

Tagline: They can't outrun the law of the weakest.

Release Date: 1980-09-26

Duration: 128 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Elke Maravilha
    Débora
  • Marília Pêra
    Sueli
  • Jardel Filho
    Sapatos Brancos
  • Gilberto Moura
    Dito
  • Beatriz Segall
    Widow
  • Benedito Corsi
    Pixote's Grandfather
  • Tony Tornado
    Cristal
  • Isadora de Farias
    Psychologist
  • Lineu Dias
    First Assault
  • Luiz Serra
    Journalist

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