Héctor Babenco

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.

Dir. Héctor Babenco · With Fernando Ramos da Silva, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura

When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.

Dir. Héctor Babenco · With Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Milton Gonçalves, Ivan de Almeida

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.

Dir. Héctor Babenco · With William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

Dir. Julian Schnabel · With Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Dir. Héctor Babenco · With Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker