Pixote, the Law of the Weakest (Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco) (1981)

7.6	Listal rating
7.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Hector Babenco

Starring (View all)

Fernando Ramos Da Silva

Pixote

Jorge Julião

Lilica

Gilberto Moura

Dito

Edilson Lino

Chico

Zenildo Oliveira Santos

Fumaça

Claudio Bernardo

Garatao

Israel Feres David

Roberto Pie de Plata

Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos

Diego

Written by (View all)

José Louzeiro

Hector Babenco

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5 years, 10 months ago at Jul 8 2:03

skykid

2 votes

I liked the movie. At the beginning it started as documentary as some guy was talking about the tough conditions in Brazil. What actually impressed me was that as the guy mentioned all the kid actors including the main character Pixote played by Fernando Ramos Da Silva were coming from the real world – from the poorest neighborhoods, with one mission in life – to survive.

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Description: Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old transvesite hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three ... (more)

Release date : 5 May 1982
UPC: 717119404048

1980s (5), Brazil (3), Drama (3), Brazilian (3), Coming Of Age (2), Crime (2), 1980's (2), Cult (1), 1981 (1), Prostitution (1), Poverty (1), Portugese (1), Action (1), Argentina (1), R2D (1), São Paulo (1)

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