Cinema

Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Pixote,the Law of the Weakest

Based on the novel Infância dos Mortos (Childhood of the Dead), by José Louzeiro, Hector Babenco made the most incisive and admired film about abandoned children - and the most famous since Os Esquecidos, which Luis Buñel filmed in Mexico in 1950. In the role of the prostitute Sueli, Marília Pêra came to be compared to Anna Magnani by critics throughout the world. Fernando Ramos da Silva, who played the role of Pixote, would end up suffering the same tragic fate that befell his film character, the symbolic victim of urban poverty and violence.

(Production: Hector Babenco, José Pino, Paulo Francini and Embrafilme. Direction: Hector Babenco. Script: Hector Babenco and Jorge Duran. Photography: Rodolfo Sanchez. Music: John Neschling. Cast: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Marília Pêra, Jardel Filho, Rubem de Falco, Elke Maravilha, Tony Tornado, Beatriz Segall. Length: 125 minutes.