The film “Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco” embodies the word exploitation on several levels. Pixote, a 10-year-old boy, is a street kid in Sao Paulo who is caught in a roundup triggered by a murder in which he had no involvement. He is committed to a juvenile prison where he witnesses brutality and exploitation that ordinary citizens try very hard to believe doesn't exist. When finally he escapes, he and three comrades survive by the only crime. Pixote tries to trust and to love and to bond, but there simply is no room in his world for the gentle side of human nature.
"Pixote" is one of the films that dare to touch and open these so painful wounds, and does it without the slightest glimmer of hope, in an honest portrayal of a country that, like Pixote himself, is already lost.
9/21/20
Pixote 1981 - shocking movie about street kids
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