Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981)

Regisseur:

Hector Babenco

Drehbuchautoren:

José Louzeiro (book) and
Hector Babenco (writer)

Premierendatum:

5. Mai 1982 (France)

Genre:

Action | Krimi | Drama

Plot:

The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with little crimes, prostitution, etc

Plot Keywords:

Stabbed In Stomach | Male Bonding | Male Full Frontal Nudity | Shower Scene | Vomiting

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 7 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

Unforgettable

Besetzung

Fernando Ramos da Silva	...	Pixote
Jorge Julião	...	Lilica
Gilberto Moura	...	Dito
Edilson Lino	...	Chico
Zenildo Oliveira Santos	...	Fumaça
Claudio Bernardo	...	Garatao
Israel Feres David	...	Roberto Pie de Plata
Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos	...	Diego
Marília Pêra	...	Sueli
Jardel Filho	...	Sapatos Brancos
Rubens de Falco	...	Juiz
Elke Maravilha	...	Debora
Tony Tornado	...	Cristal
Beatriz Segall	...	Widower
João José Pompeo	...	Almir (as Joáo José Pompeu)

Alternativ:

Pixote
Pixote, the Law of the Weakest (USA)
The Survival of the Weakest (USA) (subtitle)
Asphalt-Haie (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

128 Min

Produktionsland:

Brazil

Sprache:

Portugiesische

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

West Germany:16 | UK:18 (cut) | Australia:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:R (re-rating after appeal) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Norway:18 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Firma:

Embrafilme

Dies und das:

The film's star, 'Fernando Ramos Da Silva' , who plays a young street criminal, actually was a street criminal before he made this film. After completing it he took up the criminal life again, and was killed in Brazil in 1987 in a shootout with police.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Olvidados, Los (1950)

Unforgettable

This is no walk in the park. I saw this when it came out, and haven't had the guts to watch it again. You will never see a more horrifyingly devastating or depressing movie. I felt like I'd been severely beaten. What kind of world are we living in when we have children who are treated worse than garbage? This is our world, what we have created, what we have allowed to happen. And I would hesitate to say that I-ME-WE are not responsible for this. Babenco made this film to wake us up, to shake us to our very core, and he succeeded. How can we be cruel, or self-indulgent, or neglectful of our children, when we see the graphic results of such behavior? He is pointing a finger of accusation at us all for doing this to the lowliest and least powerful of our society. And if you aren't doing something each day to prevent it, then you are part of the problem. I am NOT a religious fanatic, but this movie made me think about the state of my soul.