Pixote
They can't outrun the law of the weakest.
Film19802h 7m
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- Director
- Héctor Babenco
- Language
- Portuguese
- Released
- 1980-09-26
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
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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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