Movies - Pixote

	Movies - Pixote

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (Pixote: The Law of the Weakest), is a Brazilian movie directed and written by Hector Babenco and released in 1981. It is the chilling, documentary-like account of Brazil's deliquent youth and how they are used by corrupt police and other crime organizations to commit crimes.

The film stars Fernando Ramos Da Silva, who was murdered at the age of 19 in Sao Paulo, as Pixote and Marília Pêra as Sueli. The plot revolves around Pixote, a young boy who is sent to a Brazilian youth prison. It soon becomes clear that the young criminals are only pawns in the criminal, sadistic games of the prison guards and their commander. When a boy dies of physical abuse by the guards, they frame the lover of Lilica (Jorge Julião), the rather flaming prison homosexual, for the murder, who then conveniently also dies, with some help by the guards.

Soon after, Pixote, Lilica, and his new boyfriend use an opportunity to flee from the prison. First they stay at the apartment of a former lover of Lilica, but when tensions arise they go to Sao Paulo for a drug deal—but there they get duped by a showgirl.

Later they become pimps for the prostitute Sueli who is definitely past her prime. The plan is to rob her johns, but that scheme fails when an American john fights back (because he apparently does not understand Portuguese) so they have to shoot him. Finally, Pixote finds the showgirl that took their drugs and stabs her.

The movie is shot in documentary fashion and strongly influenced by Italian neo-realism in that amateur actors were used whose real lives strongly resembled those of the protagonists in the film. It was filmed in crime-ridden locations in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Pixote was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1982.

Category:1981 films Category:Brazilian films Category:LGBT-related films

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