Quem matou Pixote?, Who killed Pixote?, Coevos Filmes apresenta em co-produçâo com Sony Corporation of America ; um filme de José Joffily ; direçâo de arte, Claudio Amaral Peixoto ; produçâo executiva, Alvarina Souza Silva, Paulo Halm ; produzido e dirigido por José Joffily
Type
Label
Quem matou Pixote?, Who killed Pixote?, Coevos Filmes apresenta em co-produçâo com Sony Corporation of America ; um filme de José Joffily ; direçâo de arte, Claudio Amaral Peixoto ; produçâo executiva, Alvarina Souza Silva, Paulo Halm ; produzido e dirigido por José Joffily
Language
por
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Quem matou Pixote?
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Coevos Filmes apresenta em co-produçâo com Sony Corporation of America ; um filme de José Joffily ; direçâo de arte, Claudio Amaral Peixoto ; produçâo executiva, Alvarina Souza Silva, Paulo Halm ; produzido e dirigido por José Joffily
Runtime
116
Series statement
Olive Films' opus
Sub title
Who killed Pixote?
Summary
Fernando Ramos da Silva gained worldwide recognition at the age of 11 when he starred in Hector Babenco's film "Pixote, law of the strongest." A child from the San Paulo slums, da Silva was prevented from developing an acting career by his near-illiteracy and scarcity of roles. This film depicts the context of poverty and injustice that still controls the destiny of the "pixotes," the street children of Brazilian slums
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Who killed Pixote?
Classification
Contributor
- Souza e Silva, Alvarina
- Mendonça, María Luisa, 1970-
- Rigueira, Luciana
- Sony Corporation of America
- Peixoto, Claudio do Amaral
- Joffily, José, 1945-
- Machado, Carol, 1975-
- Fomm, Joana
- Coevos Filmes
- Silva, Cida Venâncio
- Louzeiro, José
- Carneiro, Cassiano, 1973-
- Olive Films
- Andrada, Tuca, 1964-
- Bomtempo, Roberto, 1963-
- Halm, Paulo
Genre
Subject
- Motion pictures, Portuguese
- Motion pictures
- Youth with social disabilities -- Brazil -- Drama
- Foreign films
- Biographical films
- Poor -- Brazil -- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Children -- Brazil -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Juvenile delinquents -- Brazil -- Drama
- Silva, Fernando Ramos da, 1967-1987 -- Drama
Content
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor16
- Souza e Silva, Alvarina
- Mendonça, María Luisa, 1970-
- Rigueira, Luciana
- Sony Corporation of America
- Peixoto, Claudio do Amaral
- Joffily, José, 1945-
- Machado, Carol, 1975-
- Fomm, Joana
- Coevos Filmes
- Silva, Cida Venâncio
- Louzeiro, José
- Carneiro, Cassiano, 1973-
- Olive Films
- Andrada, Tuca, 1964-
- Bomtempo, Roberto, 1963-
- Halm, Paulo
- Genre7
- Subject12
- Motion pictures, Portuguese
- Motion pictures
- Youth with social disabilities -- Brazil -- Drama
- Foreign films
- Biographical films
- Poor -- Brazil -- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Children -- Brazil -- Social conditions -- Drama
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Juvenile delinquents -- Brazil -- Drama
- Silva, Fernando Ramos da, 1967-1987 -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor7