Johnny Massaro
3 titles
Filmography
3 results

The Movie of My Life
(2017)Based on a novel "A Distant Father" by Antonio Skármeta, author of from "Il Postino," The Movie of My Life takes place in 1963 Brazil. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is captivated by cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his hometown to find out that his father has left for good. Tony turns to his father's friends, searching for information about his lost father. He becomes a school teacher and a defacto father figure to the school children. As he provides them with something he has lacked, he uncovers a lead on his own father's whereabouts and his reasons for leaving.

The First Fallen
(2021)Follows the story of a biologist and his family at the start of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s, as the first wave of the epidemic hits Brazil.

The Son of a Thousand Men
(2025)In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.