Pixote (1980)
TV-MA 18 Sep 1981 • Crime, Drama • 2h 8m
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 transvestite hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape, and they survive by lives of crime that only escalate to more violence and death.
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Portuguese, English
Awards:
10 wins & 4 nominations
Country:
Brazil
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