Meu Nome Não É Johnny
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 poster for the film Meu Nome Não É Johnny, taken from [1] |
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| Directed by | Mauro Lima |
| Written by | Guilherme Fiúza Mariza Leão Mauro Lima |
| Starring | Selton Mello Cleo Pires |
| Cinematography | Mitchell Amundsen |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Meu Nome Não É Johnny (English: My name isn't Johnny) is a Brazilian film directed by Mauro Lima and released in early 2008.
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[edit] Synopsis
The film narrates the true story of João Guilherme Estrella, a boy of the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro that would become the king of drug traffic in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[1]
Estrella was a typicall young boy of a middle class family of the South Zone of Rio. Adored by his parents and friends, he lived an intense life of parties. In the early 1990s, he adventured himself through the world of drugs. Investigated and later imprisoned by the police, his life is exposed by newspapers and magazines. Instead of parties, Estrella then has to face the bench of the culprits to tell the story of his adolescenthood.
[edit] Cast
- Selton Mello .... João Guilherme Estrella
- Cléo Pires .... Sofia
- Júlia Lemmertz .... Estrella's mother
- Giulio Lopes .... Estrella's father
- Cássia Kiss .... judge
- Rafaela Mandelli .... Laura
- Ângelo Paes Leme .... Julinho
- Gillray Coutinho .... lawyer
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- ^ (Portuguese) Official site
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