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My Name Ain’t Johnny (2008) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2008 · 124 mins · Portuguese
- Directed by
- Mauro Lima
- Starring
- Gillray Coutinho, Henrique Neves, Selton Mello, Luis Miranda, Cleo, Márcio Vito
A young, middle‑class bon vivant with unlimited ambition, João Guilherme Estrella—known as Johnny—leverages his charm and connections to build a massive cocaine operation in Rio de Janeiro during the early 1990s. The film follows his rapid ascent, lavish lifestyle and the inevitable clash with law‑enforcement that threatens his empire.
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