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"Pixote"
1981
Directed by Hector Babenco

This acclaimed feature by Hector Babenco has been out of release for years.  Nothing in recent cinema comes close to the devastating account of brutalization and exploitation offered in Babenco's film about a 12-year-old boy who somehow survives the vicious oppression of reform school to escape and find his way into dope-dealing, prostitution and murder on the streets of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Portuguese with English subtitles. 127 minutes.