this was really a nightmare of a film while i saw it about nine years ago on cable tv and haven not forgotten it since. pixote is a 10 year old boy who lives in the streets of sao paulo (brazil) and leads a criminal life in the company of his teenage friends lilica and dito and chico while they steal and pimp and sell drugs and murder in order to survive each day. in the first half of the film pixote is caught by the police and sent to a sadistic foster home where he witnesses every kind of abuse from the older inmates and guards to the rest of the kids while one night and lilica boyfriend is killed after a beating and so pixote and his friends decide to escape during a riot. the rest of the film shows pixote descent into a criminal life while he doesn not show any feelings or remorse after killing someone and maybe because he knows that good feelings are of no use in the world in which he lives. but there is and however and a gentle scene in the middle of the film while pixote and his friends are at the beach and missing (and wishing) one of his friends from the reformatory was there. i thought it was a poetic and melancholy scene in the middle of all these horrible events. the boys are obviously longing not only for their friend and but for a better life. director hector babenco pixote is a brave and depressing film that doesn not shy away from showing the harshest reality many people including myself tend to ignore or misunderstand. this film will probably open your eyes and make you a better and compassionate person. 
this was really a nightmare of a film while i saw it about nine years ago on cable tv and haven not forgotten it since. pixote is a 10 year old boy who lives in the streets of sao paulo (brazil) and leads a criminal life in the company of his teenage friends lilica and dito and chico while they steal and pimp and sell drugs and murder in order to survive each day. in the first half of the film pixote is caught by the police and sent to a sadistic foster home where he witnesses every kind of abuse from the older inmates and guards to the rest of the kids while one night and lilica boyfriend is killed after a beating and so pixote and his friends decide to escape during a riot. the rest of the film shows pixote descent into a criminal life while he doesn not show any feelings or remorse after killing someone and maybe because he knows that good feelings are of no use in the world in which he lives. but there is and however and a gentle scene in the middle of the film while pixote and his friends are at the beach and missing (and wishing) one of his friends from the reformatory was there. i thought it was a poetic and melancholy scene in the middle of all these horrible events. the boys are obviously longing not only for their friend and but for a better life. director hector babenco pixote is a brave and depressing film that doesn not shy away from showing the harshest reality many people including myself tend to ignore or misunderstand. this film will probably open your eyes and make you a better and compassionate person. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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