Pixote

Original title: Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

19801980
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2h 8min

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution and drugs.The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution and drugs.The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution and drugs.

Director
- Hector Babenco
Writers
- Hector Babenco(story)
- Jorge Durán(story)
- José Louzeiro(book "Infancia dos Mortos")
Stars

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Awards
- 10 wins & 4 nominations

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Fernando Ramos da Silva in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Fernando Ramos da Silva in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Rubens de Falco and Jorge Julião in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Beatriz Berg in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Gilberto Moura and Cleide Eunice Queiroz in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Marília Pêra in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Jorge Julião in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Gilberto Moura in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Edilson Lino in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Director
- Hector Babenco
Writers
- Hector Babenco(story) (screenplay)
- Jorge Durán(story) (screenplay)
- José Louzeiro(book "Infancia dos Mortos")
All cast & crew
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8.2

They Don't Wear Black Tie

Carandiru

7.6

The Given Word

8.3

Black God, White Devil

7.3

Black God, White Devil

O Bandido da Luz Vermelha

7.4

O Bandido da Luz Vermelha

São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima

8.1

São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima

Kiss of the Spider Woman

7.3

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Central Station

8.0

Central Station

Barren Lives

7.5

São Bernardo

7.8

Amarelo Manga

6.7

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 transvesite hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape where they make their living by the life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death. —Anonymous

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Trivia
The film's star, 'Fernando Ramos Da Silva', who plays a young street criminal, actually was a street criminal before he made this film. After completing it he took up the criminal life again, and was killed in Brazil in 1987 in a shootout with police.

Alternate versions
All UK versions were cut by 27 secs under the 1978 Protection of Children Act. The scene removed was a panning shot showing Pixote on a bed alongside a couple having sex.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Crix Pick Prez Flix (1993)

Top review

9/10

Necessary horror.

This film takes a hard, lingering look at the brutal horrors visited on and enacted by a group of poor kid criminals in Brazil. This is one of the most deeply disturbing movie experiences I've ever had. And yet, it almost felt necessary to continue to watch, to at the very least acknowledge the sorts of situations depicted here as real events that happen to real people. Masterfully made.

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Release date
- September 18, 1981 (Brazil)
Country of origin
- Brazil
Language
- Portuguese
Also known as
- Asphalt-Haie
Filming locations
- Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Production companies
- Embrafilme
- HB Filmes
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Runtime
- 2h 8min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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