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Pixote (1981)

Movie"They can't outrun the law of the weakest."
Audience Score
80
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R 2 hr 8 minSep 11th, 1981Crime, Drama
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.
StarringFernando Ramos da SilvaJorge JuliãoGilberto Moura
DirectorHéctor Babenco

Movie Details

Original Language:Portuguese
Executive Producers:Sylvia B. Naves
Production Companies:HB Filmes, Embrafilme
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