Pixote: The Law of the Weakest (1980)
★ 9.0/10 · 8.595 ratings on MUBI
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
▶ Watch on MUBI Try MUBI free✓ Available on MUBI in your country
Not available on MUBI in your country. It's in other countries' catalogs: with a VPN you can legally access those catalogs with your MUBI subscription.
🔔 Email me when it's available in
| Director | Héctor Babenco |
| Cast | Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos |
| Year | 1980 |
| Runtime | 129 min |
| Genres | Crime, Drama |
| Available in | 🇧🇷 Brasile 🇨🇿 Cechia⏳ until October 26 🇩🇰 Danimarca⏳ until October 26 🇪🇸 Spagna⏳ until October 26 🇫🇮 Finlandia⏳ until October 26 🇬🇷 Grecia⏳ until October 26 🇭🇰 Hong Kong⏳ until October 26 🇭🇺 Ungheria⏳ until October 26 🇮🇩 Indonesia⏳ until October 26 🇯🇵 Giappone⏳ until October 26 🇰🇷 Corea⏳ until October 26 🇲🇾 Malesia⏳ until October 26 🇳🇱 Olanda 🇳🇴 Norvegia⏳ until October 26 🇵🇱 Polonia⏳ until October 26 🇷🇴 Romania⏳ until October 26 🇸🇪 Svezia⏳ until October 26 🇸🇬 Singapore⏳ until October 26 🇹🇭 Thailandia⏳ until October 26 🇹🇼 Taiwan⏳ until October 26 🇿🇦 Sudafrica⏳ until October 26 |
📺 Also streaming on
| Netflix | 🇧🇷 🇵🇹 |
