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🎬 Movie

My Name Ain't Johnny

2008 · 124 min Crime Drama
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Meu Nome não é Johnny
Year 2008
Country Brazil, United States of America
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Mauro Lima
Runtime 124 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (280 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Mauro Lima

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Selton Mello

Selton Mello

João Guilherme Estrella

Cleo

Cleo

Sofia

Júlia Lemmertz

Júlia Lemmertz

Mãe de João / João's mother

Cássia Kis

Cássia Kis

Juíza Marilena Soares

Eva Todor

Eva Todor

D. Marly

André De Biase

André De Biase

Alex

Giulio Lopes

Giulio Lopes

Pai de João / João's father

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Felipe Severo

João criança / child

Gillray Coutinho

Gillray Coutinho

Advogado / Lawyer Renato

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Arthur Lopes

João adolescente / teen

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