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.
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Details
- Released
- 26 September 1980
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Director
- Héctor Babenco
- Writers
- Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán
- Countries
- Brazil
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Production
- HB Filmes, Embrafilme
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Cast
Fernando Ramos da Silva- JJorge Julião
- GGilberto Moura
- EEdilson Lino
- ZZenildo Oliveira Santos
- CClaudio Bernardo
- IIsrael Feres David
- JJose Nilson Martin Dos Santos
Marília Pêra
Jardel Filho