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Mood:
- CaptivatingRoughStylized
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Plot:
- Criminal HeroesDrug DealingRehabilitationRise and FallStarting OverAddictionDrug AbuseCrimes more...
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Genres:
- CrimeDramaForeignPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s90s
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Place:
- BrazilSouth AmericaPrisonMental Institution
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Drugs/AlcoholViolent Content
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Meu Nome Não É Johnny, 2008
Portuguese
Brazil
Profile of Meu Nome Não É Johnny
The mood of Meu Nome Não É Johnny is captivating, stylized, and rough. The plot centers around rehabilitation, drug abuse, and starting over. It is a drama, foreign, and crime movie. In approach, Meu Nome Não É Johnny is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a prison and in a mental institution. The setting is Brazil. Meu Nome Não É Johnny happens in the 1980s and in the 1990s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. The movie is known for being an award winner. Note that Meu Nome Não É Johnny includes drugs/alcohol and violent content.
Summary of Meu Nome Não É Johnny
Director Mauro Lima takes the helm for this stylized morality tale tracing the remarkable true life journey of João Guilherme Estrella, a man whose life descended into a harrowing hell of drugs and debauchery as he became a notorious drug lord, and later settled into serenity after he chose to embrace self-reflection and rehabilitation.
Details
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Release date: | 4 January 2008 |
| Runtime: | 124 min |
Cast and Crew
as João Guilherme Estrella
as Pai de João / João's father
as Mãe de João / João's mother
as João criança / child
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