The Movie of My Life

2017 · 1h53 · Film

Directed by Selton Mello

Starring Johnny Massaro, Vincent Cassel, Bruna Linzmeyer, Selton Mello, Ondina Clais, Bia Arantes, Rolando Boldrin, João Pedro Prates, Martha Nowill, Miwa Yanagizawa

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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.

Original title

O Filme da Minha Vida

Original language

Portuguese

Screenplay

Antonio Skármeta, Selton Mello, Marcelo Vindicato

Music

Plínio Profeta

Cinematography

Walter Carvalho

Cast

Selton Mello, Ondina Clais, Bia Arantes, Rolando Boldrin, João Pedro Prates, Martha Nowill, Miwa Yanagizawa, Erika Januza, Gabriel Reginato

Updated July 22, 2026

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