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Fernando Ramos da Silva (29 November 1967 - 25 August 1987) was a Brazilian actor who became renowned for his role as the eleven-year-old title character in Hector Babenco's 1981 film ''Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco'', a documentary-style account of the street children of Brazil. Da Silva became a controversial figure after the film's release and found it hard to separate himself from his depiction as the street assailant Pixote. On 25 August 1987, da Silva was fatally wounded in an alleged shootout with police. Police reports claim that was da Silva was resisting arrest, but there are conflicting reports from eyewitnesses who claim da Silva was unarmed. ==Early life== Born on 29 November 1967 in São Paulo, da Silva was the sixth of ten children. When he was eight years old his father, João Alves, died, leaving him with his single mother, Josefa Carvalho da Silva, and the rest of his siblings. They lived a poor neighborhood called Diadema on the outskirts of São Paulo. As the opening of ''Pixote'' states, his upbringing was similar to that of the role he'd become famous for playing. His mother received a pension of less than $10 a month. The family sold lottery tickets to generate a livable income. After attending grade school briefly, he soon joined a theater group and began acting in plays at the age of eight. The biggest break of his young life came when da Silva was picked out of 1,300 applicants by Hector Babenca to play the role of Pixote. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fernando Ramos da Silva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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