Pixote

They can't outrun the law of the weakest.

Sinopse

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.

7.9
1980
Released
2h 7m

Status

Released

Original Language

Keywords

#prostitution
#lgbt
#disturbed
#gay theme
#critical
#intense
#depressing
#complicated

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Reviews

@badelfover 2 years ago

Those of us born with rights and privileges, however limited they might be, are kings and queens compared to those who are born with absolutely no rights or privileges. This film is a glimpse into the life of that lower caste. It's easy enough for us to say "Well, you always have a choice." But here, the director, Hector Babenco, puts the final nail in the coffin of that idea. The film seems a