10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
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| Directing | Héctor Babenco | Director |
| Writing | Héctor Babenco | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jorge Durán | Screenplay |
| Writing | José Louzeiro | Novel |
| Editing | Luiz Elias | Editor |
| Art | Clovis Bueno | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Neschling | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Rodolfo Sánchez | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clovis Bueno | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josefina de Oliveira | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Héctor Babenco | Producer |
| Production | Paulo Francini | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sylvia B. Naves | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jose Pinto | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Maria Cecília M. de Barros | Assistant Director |
