Pixote (1981) on Netflix

Pixote, a 10-year-old runaway boy, is arrested on the streets of Sao Paulo during a police round-up homeless people. Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of the runaways are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old transvestite hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape, and they survive by lives of crime that only escalate to more violence and death. —Anonymousboy frontal nudityboyviolencepolicedetention center262 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisGenresCrimeDramaCertificateNot RatedParents guide