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Overview
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
Production
HB Filmes
Cast
Fernando Ramos da Silva
Pixote
J
Jorge Julião
Lilica
G
Gilberto Moura
Dito
E
Edilson Lino
Chico
Z
Zenildo Oliveira Santos
Fumaça
C
Claudio Bernardo
Garatao
I
Israel Feres David
Roberto Pie de Plata
J
Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos
Diego
Marília Pêra
Sueli
Jardel Filho
Sapatos Brancos
