Fernando Ramos da Silva
(1967)
Ramos da Silva
演员
Fernando was the star of only one film in his short life. He played
Pixote - a street child - in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980). During his short period of fame,
Fernando was seen as a symbol of hope for the Brazilian street kids. He
grew up in a poor neighborhood of Diadema - a industrial city close to
São Paulo - Brazil. Illiterate and poor, Fernando played Pixote at the
age of 11 years old. His only previous experience in acting was an
amateur play. After the success of Pixote, Fernando moved briefly to
Rio de Janeiro. There, he tried his luck as an actor in a "novela"
(Brazilian soap opera). The fame was brief, without literacy, he could
not memorize the scripts. He ended up returning to Diadema. There, he
had the same fate as many like him. He got involved with gangs and drug
dealing. At age 19, he was killed inside his house by the police. The
circumstances of his death are are still a mystery. Three of Fernando's
brothers were also killed in the streets of the Brazilian inner cities.
Fernando is survived by a daughter. Although he never lived in the
streets and always had a family, he stands as a symbol of the Brazlian
street children, until this date.
