Pixote

1980 • 2h 7m • Crime, Drama

94%Rotten Tomatoes

They can't outrun the law of the weakest.

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.

Director

Héctor Babenco

Writers

Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán

Status

Released