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: 1980
Rating: 7.9
Genre: Crime, Drama
Duration: 127 min
Country: Brazil
Production: HB Filmes, Embrafilme
Fernando Ramos da Silva
as Pixote
Jorge Julião
as Lilica
Gilberto Moura
as Dito
Edilson Lino
as Chico
Zenildo Oliveira Santos
as Fumaça
Claudio Bernardo
as Garatao