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Movie poster: Pixote (1980)
🎬 Movie
1980 · 127 min Crime Drama
7.9 / 10 · TMDB

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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📋 Film Details

Original Title Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
Year 1980
Country Brazil
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Héctor Babenco
Runtime 127 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.9/10 (238 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Héctor Babenco

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

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