My Name Ain't Johnny

João Guilherme Estrella grows up in a comfortable Rio de Janeiro setting and quietly slides from a carefree middle class life into a dangerous orbit of crime. The film traces how charm, risk taking, and a craving for status pull him toward cocaine and the city’s booming night life in the early 1990s. What begins as a daring hustle soon becomes a high stakes ascent in the drug world, testing friendships, family loyalties, and the line between prestige and peril. The story centers on João’s transformation, the people who orbit him, and the threads that pull him toward a path that he and those around him must reckon with. There are consequences that strike at every turn for those affected.

Directed by Mauro Lima, the film is based on the real life tale of João Guilherme Estrella. Selton Mello stars as João, with Cleo, Julia Lemmertz, Cássia Kis and Eva Todor in supporting roles. The production highlights Brazilian urban life.

Critics noted the film's stark look at ambition and the costs of crime, and how a bright, ambitious man ends up entangled in a world where money and danger blur. Mello's performance keeps the film moving throughout scenes. The supporting cast adds texture and local flavor to the narrative moments.

On its release the movie sparked discussions about the 1990s Rio drug scene and the human costs behind headlines. It stands as a notable entry in Brazilian crime drama and helped broaden attention to true life stories told with a grounded, human focus rather than glamorizing crime in cinema today.

Box office data for Meu Nome Não é Johnny isn't widely published, and the film's impact rested more on critical attention and audience discussion than on blockbuster earnings. It played primarily in Brazil and gained attention through media debates nationwide