Pixote

Ten-year-old Pixote (Portuguese slang for “Peewee”) is one of three million homeless children in Brazil. Hauled off to a crowded detention center, wide-eyed Pixote witnesses rapes, beatings and other acts of random violence by both the guards and the inmates. With the tranvestite Lilica and his lover Dito, Pixote escapes from the reform school and embarks on a life of violence and crime.

Type: Feature Film
Length: 127 minutes
Year: 1981
Audio Language: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Themes: Brazil
Director(s): Hector Babenco