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Pixote [videorecording] /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: DVD 40400 | New Yorker VideoLanguage: Portuguese Summary language: English Publication details: New York : New Yorker Video, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

1567302270

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LOC classification:

PN1997

Production credits:

Director, Hector Babenco ; executive producer, Silvia B. Naves ; screenplay, Hector Babenco, Jorge Duran ; music, John Neschling ; cinematography, Rodolfo Sanches ; editor, Luiz Elias

Cast: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Marilia Pera, Jorge Juliao, Gilberto Moura, Jose Nilson dos Santos.Summary: In this realistic dramatization of the brutal underworld inhabited by Brazil's unwanted children, ten-year old Pixote is hauled off to a detention center where he witnesses rapes, beatings and other acts of random violence. He eventually escapes from the detention center to embark on a life of petty crime, snatching purses and dealing drugs. Despite flashes of humor and innocence, Pixote and his friends become increasingly caught up in a savage descent into violence and murder.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0656 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050095620

Latin American and Iberian videos in Princeton University Library. NjP

Based on the novel Infancia dos mortos by Jose Louzeiro.

Special features: scene selections, director's profile, director's filmography and production notes.

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