Pixote (1980)
AKA: Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
Directed by: Hector Babenco
Starring: Fernando Ramos da Silva (Pixote), Jorge Juliao (Lilica), Marília Pêra (Sueli), Zenildo Oliveira Santos (Fumaça), Gilberto Moura (Dito), Tony Tornado (Cristal), Edilson Lino (Chico), Joao Jose Pompeo (Almir), Elke Maravilha (Debora)
Country: Brazil; Effed Up Central/South-American Movies
Language: Portuguese; Effed Up Portuguese Films
Runtime: 02:07:16
Genres: Teen-Childhood, Gay-Transsexual, Rape-Sexual-Violence against Males, Prostitute character, Old-Young Relationships
Plot – Spoilers:
A Brazilian classic about abandoned kids, either because they are, or because they believe they are.
Initially set around a juvenile center, Pixote, a wide-eyed 10 year-old is indulged by the older boys mostly because he’s adaptable. And he needs to be, because always lurking is the threat of violence, sexual or otherwise. The people running the center and cops are stressed because a high-ranking judge has just been murdered by a street kid and the pressure to solve the case means things get harder by the day for the boys.
There are little acts here and there from the adults that fool you, just like it fools the kids there, but in the end, everyone learns that trusting anyone with power is futile. For a while, the kids at the center seem to have accepted their future as inmates bounced from one place to another, because of the security and a certain comfort that comes from knowing each other and each other’s shitty lives – it might be shit, but at least it’s familiar shit. Eventually though, some of them are forced to leave and the future suddenly seems harder to grapple with than it was within four walls. But so long as they have each other, it should be fine, right?
is this meant to be pixillated?
I was wondering when you’d have this. It was on Internet Archive when I saw it. It’s always great to see the really good movies added.
I have not been able to access this site for a while but I can now. I will leave a post about Hindu/Indian nationalism.
The first contacts between the Hindu nationalists and the European fascists took place in the 1930s. During his stay in Europe for the Round Table Conference of 1930, Balkrishna Shivram Moonje was able to visit Italy to ‘see the work of the Ballila movement’ and where he also met Mussolini. In 1934 a close relationship’ was established between the Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East (a state-sponsored institution) and the Vice Chancellorof the University of Calcutta, S.P. Mookerjee, who was to join the Hindu Mahasabha in 1938. In October 1938, shortly after the Munich agreement, Savarkar wrote approvingly of the occupation of the Sudeten land by Germany on the grounds that its inhabitants shared ‘common blood and common language with the Germans, In the late 1930s, both Hindu Outlook and Mahratta praised Franco, Mussolini and Hitler (Nazi leaders)
Hindu Nationalist Movement in India by jaffrelot Page 51
One of the very best films ever made. Thanks for the upload.
when i was hogtied in his basement steve would waterboard me with his unwashed ballsack
good to see an animation on this shite
one of the best movies I have ever seen. I don’t know how it could be underrated on this site.
Pixote is just my kind of little boy and Id take real good care of him
To admin:
Isn’t it time to open up the request section again?
Ok, the amount of requests are probably big, but you don’t have to fulfill every wish.
There are a lot of goodies out there – some of them unknown to the masses and some of them maybe just forgotten…?
tl;dr: I just realized this is the 1000th movie on here.
Extras: It’s actually the 1004th, but 4 movies were indie films whose directors either deleted their youtube channels or in one case, went in a different direction and didn’t want to have an extreme movie against their name on the web.
you cant keep me down, like a jew i keep coming back for more, unzip those pants
Good movie
btw so many updates today thank you very much my respect ,,, a new strategy for 2025 who knows 😉
Masterpiece Following the robbery homicide of a Brazilian judge by a street gang, the authorities make a sweep of the local street kids in the area and intern them in a young offender’s institution. The film is in part a social issue film where the way the children are treated by the system is condemned and in part a story about a young lad who grows old far too soon. The social issue, although maybe broadly relevant, is hardly au courant some three decades after the film was made, however I didn’t feel like this detracted much from the film due to the excellent characterisations and strong story line. It’s also not limited by the generics of the prison movie as a lot of the action takes place outside the prison walls. The main character, an extremely small boy, Pixote (pronounced Pichote), is especially winsome and actually played by a real life delinquent who was subsequently shot by police in a shoot-out. He has developed a firmness of independent judgement and level of character that you generally only find in people well into adulthood, something that he’s had to do to survive. It’s painfully clear at some points though that he is just a skinny little boy that needs his mother. There is charisma to spare in the acting performances, including a youngster who does an extremely catchy homage to Roberto Carlos (the great Brazilian singer as opposed to football player) for the prison gig, and appears destined for stardom… Read more »
Wow, a movie about boys. Steve will be all over this like flies on shit. Good one EUM, catering for the pedos.
this SUCKS!!! no explosions or monster trucks… LAME
wow i didnt expect this to be uploaded here, its a good movie, enjoyable, paticularly the breastfeeding scene,not too disturbing but definitely sad 🙂
thanks for uploading this ive been meaning to watch it for years now
I never forgot this movie, and when I think about the City if God, I remember this movie and the story of some of its actors in real life.