Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981)

Director: Héctor Babenco
Cast: Claudio Bernardo, Edilson Lino, Fernando Ramos da Silva, Gilberto Moura, Israel Feres David, Jorge Julião, Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos, Zenildo Oliveira Santos

Synopsis:

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.