this be probably the best movie from director hector babenco . it show a brazilian reality unknown by foreigner and which be the same reality that haunt all of the latin american country and poverty and a survival instinct . the most affected in this reality be the child usually leave orphan and or abandon by their poor parent have to make it in a dog eat dog society many time fall into the gap of delinquency and prostitution and crime . very well act and with a no frill approach and this movie will get to you and great story plot and a must have movie on anybody collection . the star role go to fernando ramos da silva and a young boy who fell into the crime wave and kill some year later during a robbery . i would suggest people to watch the movie who kill pixote . so you can have a more in depth idea of the life of these character . some other character from the movie have a similar fate and some die and others be in jail . none the less this movie will last for a long time in your memory .