Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
March 19, 2009Pixote: The Law of the Weakest or The Survival of the Weakest
Call Number: DVD00400
by Hector Babenco; Jorge Durán; Fernando Ramos da Silva; Marília Pera; José Louzeiro; HB Filmes.; Unifilm Inc.; Empresa Brasileira de Filmes.; New Yorker Films.; New Yorker Video (Firm);
Format: DVD
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles
Publisher: New York : New Yorker Video, [2001]
Notes: Originally released in 1981 (127 mins.); edition includes director’s profile, filmography and production notes; Based on the novel by José Louzeiro;
Summary: Ten-year-old Pixote (Portuguese slang for ‘Peewee’) is one of three million homeless children in Brazil. Hauled off to a crowded detention center, wide-eyed Pixote witnesses rapes, beatings and other acts of random violence by both the guards and the inmates. With the transvestite Lilica and his lover Dito, Pixote escapes from the reform school where he and his friends hit the streets alone, embarking on a life of violence and crime.
OCLC #: 47229829
Added: March 18, 2009
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
