Pixote

1980 · Directed by Héctor Babenco · 128 min · drama film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film

★ 7.9/10 · 256 ratings on 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.