Released Date:
1981-09-18
Languages:
Portuguese
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
128 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(4381 Reviews)
Director:
Hector BabencoHector Babenco (story)
Jorge Durèn (story)
Hector Babenco (screenplay)
Jorge Durèn (screenplay)
Josè Louzeiro (book)
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.
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