Pixote (1980)

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.

• Release Date: 1980-09-26
• Runtime: 2h 7min
• Production Company: HB Filmes
• Production Country: Brazil
• Director: Héctor Babenco
• Writers: Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán.