Pixote (1981)
poster Pixote

Country:Brazil, 128 minutes

Spoken languages:Portuguese

Genres:Crime, Drama

Director(s):Hector Babenco

Writer(s):

Video Codec:Unknown

Number: 296

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IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (4.6K votes)

Certification:R

Storyline:
Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao 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 transvesite 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.

Cast:
Marília Pêra (as Sueli), Beatriz Segall (as Widower), Fernando Ramos da Silva (as Pixote), Jorge Julião (as Lilica), Gilberto Moura (as Dito)

Medium: Unknown,

Comments: 185-240

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1