Pixote

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The street urchin Pixote flees the inhumane conditions at a correction facility and returns to life on the streets. He seeks a mother-figure in the aging prostitute Sueli.

Festivals & awards

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1982
Best Film, Best Actress
FOCAL International Awards 2019
FOCAL Award: Best Archive Restoration/Preservation Title
The Film Foundation
Golden Globes, USA 1982
Nomination Best Foreign Film
Locarno International Film Festival 1981
Silver Leopard
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1981
Best Foreign Film
National Board of Review, USA 1981
NBR Award Top Foreign Films
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1982
Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1981
Best Foreign Language Film
San Sebastián International Film Festival 1981
OCIC Award - Honorable Mention
SESC Film Festival, Brazil 1981
Critics Award, Best Film

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Credits

Original TitlePixote
TitlePixote
Directed byHéctor Babenco
CountryBrazil
Year1980
ScreenplayHéctor Babenco, Jorge Durán
Film EditingLuiz Elias
SoundtrackJohn Neschling
CinematographyRodolfo Sanchez
SoundHugo Gama
CostumesClóvis Bueno
Production DesignClóvis Bueno
ProductionEmbrafilme, HB Filmes
FormatsDCP
Runtime128 min.
LanguagePortugiesisch/d + f
CastFernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Marília Pêra, Jardel Filho, Rubens de Falco, Elke Maravilha, Claudio Bernardo, Tony Tornado

Credits

Original TitlePixote
TitlePixote
Directed byHéctor Babenco
CountryBrazil
Year1980
ScreenplayHéctor Babenco, Jorge Durán
Film EditingLuiz Elias
SoundtrackJohn Neschling
CinematographyRodolfo Sanchez
SoundHugo Gama
CostumesClóvis Bueno
Production DesignClóvis Bueno
ProductionEmbrafilme, HB Filmes
FormatsDCP
Runtime128 min.
LanguagePortugiesisch/d + f
CastFernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura, Edilson Lino, Marília Pêra, Jardel Filho, Rubens de Falco, Elke Maravilha, Claudio Bernardo, Tony Tornado

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