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Pixote (1980)
Directed by Héctor Babenco
“They can't outrun the law of the weakest.”
Crime, Drama · 2h 07m
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.
Cast
Fernando Ramos da Silva
Pixote
J
Jorge Julião
Lilica
G
Gilberto Moura
Dito
E
Edilson Lino
Chico
Z
Zenildo Oliveira Santos
Fumaça
C
Claudio Bernardo
Garatao
I
Israel Feres David
Roberto Pie de Plata
J
Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos
Diego
Marília Pêra
Sueli
Jardel Filho
Sapatos Brancos
Rubens de Falco
Judge
Elke Maravilha
Débora
Crew
- Director
- Héctor Babenco
- Screenplay
- Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán
- Novel
- José Louzeiro
- Director of Photography
- Rodolfo Sánchez
- Original Music Composer
- John Neschling
- Editor
- Luiz Elias
- Producer
- Héctor Babenco
Details
- Original title
- Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
- Release date
- 1980-09-26
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- HB Filmes, Embrafilme