# Pixote: The Law of the Weakest (1980) — on MUBI?

- **Director:** Héctor Babenco
- **Cast:** Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Zenildo Oliveira Santos
- **Genres:** Crime, Drama
- **Runtime:** 129 min
- **MUBI rating:** 9.0/10 (8595 ratings)

## Available on MUBI in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil — until November 1
- 🇨🇿 Czechia — until October 26
- 🇩🇰 Denmark — until October 26
- 🇪🇸 Spain — until October 26
- 🇫🇮 Finland — until October 26
- 🇬🇷 Greece — until October 26
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong — until October 26
- 🇭🇺 Hungary — until October 26
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia — until October 26
- 🇯🇵 Japan — until October 26
- 🇰🇷 South Korea — until October 26
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia — until October 26
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — until February 4
- 🇳🇴 Norway — until October 26
- 🇵🇱 Poland — until October 26
- 🇷🇴 Romania — until October 26
- 🇸🇪 Sweden — until October 26
- 🇸🇬 Singapore — until October 26
- 🇹🇭 Thailand — until October 26
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan — until October 26
- 🇿🇦 South Africa — until October 26

## Also streaming on
- 🇧🇷 Brazil: Netflix
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: Netflix

## Synopsis
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: https://mubi.com/films/pixote-the-law-of-the-weakest

Page: https://mubimap.com/film/pixote-the-law-of-the-weakest/ · Data: MUBI catalog (42 countries) + TMDB · Updated 2026-09-10