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.
Ratings
Curator score: 9.5/10
IMDb: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
TMDB: 7.9/10
Director
Héctor Babenco
Production
HB Filmes, Embrafilme
Cast
Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos, Claudio Bernardo, Israel Feres David, Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos, Marília Pêra, Jardel Filho, Rubens de Falco, Elke Maravilha, Tony Tornado, Beatriz Segall, João José Pompeo, Rubens Rollo, Emílio Fontana, Luiz Serra, Ariclê Perez, Joe Kantor