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My Name Ain't Johnny

My Name Ain't Johnny

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My Name Ain't Johnny

"He had everything but limits"

2008

2h 4m

7.1(283 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

Globo Filmes

TeleImage

Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Felipe Severo

João criança / child

Gillray Coutinho

Gillray Coutinho

Advogado / Lawyer Renato

Arthur Lopes

João adolescente / teen

Creative team

Directed by: Mauro Lima
Written by: Mariza Leão
Mauro Lima
Produced by: Mariza Leão

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