Search - Pixote on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1981 DVD Release: 06/05/2001 Format: DVD Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 7 mins Studio: New Yorker Video Members Wishing: 17 Genres: Drama, Childhood Drama, Coming-of-Age, Urban Drama, Juvenile Delinquency Film

The Brazilian Pixote so closely resembles the films of Luis Buñuel that one is almost shocked to see writer/director Hector Babenco's name on the credits. This is hardly the only shock in this near-hallucinatory cinematic experience. The title character, played by Fernando Ramos Da Silva, has been abandoned by his parents and is scrounging for a living on the streets. Pixote survives by becoming a drug-dealer, pimp and murderer...and he's only ten years old. One of the first films to address the plight of Rio de Janeiro's street kids, Pixote combines stark realism with symbolic imagery. The film is based on José Louzeiro's novel Infancia dos Martos. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Fernando Ramos Da Silva - Pixote
Jorge Juliano - Lilica
Gilberto Moura - Dito
Marilia Pera - Sueli
Jardel Filho - Sapatos Brancos