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.
CountryBrazil
Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
Production year1980
World premiereSeptember 26, 1980
Release date
September 18, 1981
Brazil
16
April 8, 1983
Germany
16
February 24, 1983
Netherlands
16
Also known as
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco, Pixote, Asphalt-Haie, Pixote - Asphalt-Haie, Pixote - den svagares lag, Pixote - Gatans barn, Pixote - heikomman laki, Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco, Pixote, la legge del più debole, Pixote, la ley del más débil, Pixote, la loi du plus faible, Pixote, ta hamini tou Sao Paolo, Pixote: En Güçsüzün Yaşam Savaşı, Pixote: La ley del más débil, Пишоте: Закон самого слабого, ピショット