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The Movie of My Life

The Movie of My Life

I arrived and he left. The rest, I can't tell.

20177.31h 53m

Overview

The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good, back to France. Tony then looks for the company of his fathers friends in search of information and references of a lost male role-model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his fathers' whereabouts and reasons for leaving.

Directed by Selton Mello
Written by Antonio Skármeta, Selton Mello, Marcelo Vindicato
Produced by Vânia Catani
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Top Cast

Johnny Massaro

Johnny Massaro

Tony Terranova

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel

Nicolas Terranova

Bruna Linzmeyer

Bruna Linzmeyer

Luna Madeira

Selton Mello

Selton Mello

Paco

Ondina Clais

Ondina Clais

Sofia Terranova

Bia Arantes

Bia Arantes

Petra Madeira

Rolando Boldrin

Rolando Boldrin

Giuseppe

João Pedro Prates

João Pedro Prates

Augusto Madeira

Martha Nowill

Martha Nowill

Camélia

Miwa Yanagizawa

Miwa Yanagizawa

Brigite

About The Movie of My Life

The Movie of My Life is a drama film released in 2017. Directed by Selton Mello, it stars Johnny Massaro, Vincent Cassel, Bruna Linzmeyer. The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good, back to France. Tony then looks for the company of his fathers friends in search of information and references of a lost male role-model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his fathers' whereabouts and reasons for leaving.

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