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  • Film director Hector Babenco wearing a beret, glasses, and a scarf, seated at a table with his hand resting on his cheek at the Rome Film Festival.
    Hector Babenco

    Babenco gained international acclaim with Pixote (1981), a film reminiscent of the work of Luis Buñuel. It chronicles the harrowing, desperate lives of homeless Brazilian children.

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    Babenco gained international acclaim with Pixote (1981), a film reminiscent of the work of Luis Buñuel. It chronicles the harrowing, desperate lives of homeless Brazilian children.

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