Pixote

Pixote a Lei do Mais Fraco Portuguese pronunciationpiti a lej du maj faku , lit. Pixote small child The Law of the Weakest is a 1980 Brazilian drama film directed by Hector Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Durn, based on the book A Infncia dos Mortos The Childhood of the Dead Ones by Jos Louzeiro.

After a police round up of street children Pixote is sent to a juvenile reformatory FEBEM. The prison is a hellish school where Pixote uses glue sniffing as a means of emotional escape from the constant threats of abuse and rape.It soon becomes clear that the young criminals are only pawns in the criminal, sadistic games of the prison guards and their commander. ........

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