MOVIE
Pixote
They can't outrun the law of the weakest.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Pixote in its release era
Released in 1980, Pixote sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1980-09-26
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.9/10
- Original language
- PT
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Brazil
- Studio
- HB Filmes, Embrafilme
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