They can't outrun the law of the weakest.
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.
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Fernando Ramos da Silva Jorge Julião Gilberto Moura Edilson Lino Zenildo Oliveira Santos Claudio Bernardo Israel Feres David Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos Marília Pêra Jardel Filho Rubens de Falco Elke Maravilha Tony Tornado Beatriz Segall Emílio Fontana Luiz Serra Ariclê Perez Joe Kantor Isadora de Farias Walter Breda Benedito Corsi Lineu Dias César Pezzuoli Fábio Tomasini
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