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Pixote
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Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (; "Small Child: The Law of the Weakest") is a 1980 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, based on the book A Infância dos Mortos (The Childhood of the Dead Ones) by José Louzeiro. The film is a docudrama account of Brazil's lower classes youth exposure to organized crime and police corruption.
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7.910-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.
Cast
- Fernando Ramos da Silva as Pixote
- Jorge Julião as Lilica
- Gilberto Moura as Dito
- Edilson Lino as Chico
- Zenildo Oliveira Santos as Fumaça
- Claudio Bernardo as Garatao
Themes
- prostitution
- lgbt
- disturbed
- gay theme
- critical
- intense
- depressing
- complicated
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
10,625 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Awards
- 10 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Pixote
- Film.image
- Pixote (1980 film) poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Héctor Babenco
- Film.writer
- Héctor BabencoJorge Durán
- Film.producer
- Héctor BabencoPaulo FranciniJose Pinto
- Film.starring
- Fernando Ramos da SilvaJorge JuliãoGilberto MouraEdilson Lino
- Film.cinematography
- Rodolfo Sánchez
- Film.editing
- Luiz Elias
- Film.music
- John Neschling
- Film.studio
- H.B. FilmesUnifilm
- Film.distributor
- Embrafilme
- Film.runtime
- 128 minutes
- Film.country
- Brazil
- Film.language
- Portuguese
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 436324
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- publication date
- 1988-08-26
- title
- Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco
- review score
- 94%
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Background
- Casting
- Filming locations
- Release
- Reception
- Critical response
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- References
- External links
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (; "Small Child: The Law of the Weakest") is a 1980 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, based on the book A Infância dos Mortos (The Childhood of the Dead Ones) by José Louzeiro. The film is a docudrama account of Brazil's lower classes youth exposure to organized crime and police corruption.
The film features Fernando Ramos da Silva (who was killed at the age of 19 by Brazilian police in São Paulo) as Pixote and Marília Pêra as Sueli. The plot revolves around Pixote, a young boy who is used as a child criminal in muggings and drug transport. The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but it was disqualified.