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Pixote

79.62% | Sep 26, 1980 | Crime, Drama

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.

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Héctor Babenco
Producer
Paulo Francini
Associate Producer

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