Pixote
1980 ‧ Crime/Documentary ‧ 2h 8m
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Homeless adolescent Pixote (Fernando Ramos Da Silva) finds himself thrown into a juvenile prison in a roundup of São Paulo's street children. The prison is a nightmarish world where sadistic guards torture and murder the young inmates. Fleeing...
Release date: September 11, 1981 (USA)
Director: Héctor Babenco
Based on: A Infância dos Mortos; by José Louzeiro
Language: Portuguese
Music by: John Neschling,"Love Caravan" composed, produced & performed by Jimmie Raye
Production companies: H.B. Filmes; Unifilm