04 January 2009

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981) Pixote, the Law of the Weakest


Pixote (Fernando Ramos da Silva) foi abandonado por seus pais e rouba para viver nas ruas. Ele já esteve internado em reformatórios e isto só ajudou na sua "educação", pois conviveu com todo o tipo de criminoso e jovens delinqüentes que seguem o mesmo caminho. Ele sobrevive se tornando um pequeno traficante de drogas, cafetão e assassino, mesmo tendo apenas onze anos.

Pixote (Fernando Ramos da Silva) was abandoned by his parents and steals to survive. He has been sent to a reformatory where he actually learned all the bad things from his fellow delinquents and criminals. After getting out of the reformatory, he joined his gang-mates in drug trafficking, pimping and even murder. Worst of all -- he is only eleven years old.

(In PORTUGUESE with ENGLISH sub-titles)



PIXOTE: A LEI DO MAIS FRACO is a brilliant offer from Brazil filmed in a quasi-documentary style showing one of the worst scenarios any humankind can experience, that is, living below the poverty line. Indeed, a terrifying truth that serves a very important purpose and that is to see how our poor brothers suffer, not only in Brazil but in the rest of the world. A must see, most definitely!

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