Pixote
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| Directed by | Héctor Babenco |
| Produced by | Héctor Babenco Paulo Francini Jose Pinto |
| Written by | Héctor Babenco Jorge Durán |
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A Infância dos Mortos by José Louzeiro |
| Starring |
Fernando Ramos da Silva Jorge Julião Gilberto Moura Edilson Lino |
| Music by | John Neschling (featuring "Love Caravan" produced & performed by Jimmie Raye) |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Sánchez |
| Edited by | Luiz Elias |
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H.B. Filmes
Unifilm |
| Distributed by | Embrafilme |
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Running time
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128 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco (Portuguese pronunciation: [piˈʃɔtʃi a ˈlej du ˈmajʃ ˈfɾaku], lit. "Pixote (small child): The Law of the Weak") is a 1980 Brazilian drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durán, based on the book A Infância dos Mortos (The Childhood of the Dead Ones) by José Louzeiro.
It is the chilling, documentary-like account of Brazil's delinquent youth and how they are used by corrupt police and other crime organizations to commit crimes. The film features Fernando Ramos da Silva (who was killed at the age of 19 by Brazilian police in São Paulo) as Pixote and Marília Pêra as Sueli. The plot revolves around Pixote, a young boy who is used as a child criminal in muggings and drug transport.
After a police round up of street children, Pixote is sent to a juvenile reformatory (FEBEM). The prison is a hellish school where Pixote uses glue sniffing as a means of emotional escape from the constant threats of abuse and rape.
It soon becomes clear that the young criminals are only pawns in the criminal, sadistic games of the prison guards and their commander.
When a boy dies of physical abuse by the guards, the officials frame (and ultimately kill) the lover of the transwoman known as Lilica (Jorge Julião) for the murder. Soon after, Pixote, Lilica and her new lover Dito (Gilberto Moura) find an opportunity to flee from the prison. First, they stay at the apartment of Cristal (Tony Tornado), a former lover of Lilica, but when tensions arise they go to Rio for a cocaine drug deal; there, however, they get duped by a showgirl.
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