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Pixote (1980) [R]

Release Date:
September 26, 1980

Original Title:
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

Alternate Titles:
Asphalt-Haie
Het Recht van de Zwakste
Pixote – heikomman laki
Pixote, gatans barn
Pixote, la legge del più debole
Pixote, la ley del más débil
Pixote, la loi du plus faible
Pixote, ta hamini tou São Paulo
Pixote: The Law of the Weakest
Пишоте: Закон самого слабого
피쇼테
픽쇼테

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Embrafilme
HB Filmes

Production Countries:
Brazil

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 16  DE: 16  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 127

They can't outrun the law of the weakest.

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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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Art Direction:
Clovis Bueno

Assistant Director:
Maria Cecília M. de Barros

Associate Producer:
Jose Pinto
Paulo Francini

Costume Design:
Clovis Bueno

Director:
Héctor Babenco

Director of Photography:
Rodolfo Sánchez

Editor:
Luiz Elias

Executive Producer:
Sylvia B. Naves

Makeup Artist:
Josefina de Oliveira

Novel:
José Louzeiro

Original Music Composer:
John Neschling

Producer:
Héctor Babenco

Screenplay:
Héctor Babenco
Jorge Durán

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