Pixote

Pixote

2h 8m 1980 Crime, Drama Brazil
Budget: - Revenue: -

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

Writer

Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán