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My Name Ain't Johnny(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-01-04
71%
280 Votes
Time: 2h 4m
He had everything but limits
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.
Languages: Portuguese.
Countries:
Brazil,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Atitude Produções e Empreendimentos
Apema Filmes
Movie: My Name Ain't Johnny
Top 10 Billed Cast
Selton Mello
João Guilherme Estrella
Cléo Pires
Sofia
Júlia Lemmertz
Mãe de João / João's mother
Cássia Kis
Juíza Marilena Soares
Eva Todor
D. Marly
André De Biase
Alex
Giulio Lopes
Pai de João / João's father
Gillray Coutinho
Advogado / Lawyer Renato
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