The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
256 audience votes
Key crew
- Héctor BabencoScreenplay
- Héctor BabencoDirector
- Jorge DuránScreenplay
- John NeschlingOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fernando Ramos da SilvaPixote
- Jorge JuliãoLilica
- Gilberto MouraDito
- Edilson LinoChico
- Zenildo Oliveira SantosFumaça
- Claudio BernardoGaratao
- Israel Feres DavidRoberto Pie de Plata
- Jose Nilson Martin Dos SantosDiego
- Marília PêraSueli
- Jardel FilhoSapatos Brancos
- Rubens de FalcoJudge
- Elke MaravilhaDébora
Stills
Themes
prostitutionlgbtdisturbedgay themecriticalintensedepressingcomplicated