Pixote (1980)
They can't outrun the law of the weakest.
Genre : Crime, Drama
Runtime : 2H 8M
Director : Héctor Babenco
Writer : Héctor Babenco, Jorge Durán
Synopsis
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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