João Pedro Zappa

Acting

João Pedro Zappa

Born 1988-10-08 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

João Pedro Zappa Motta (Rio de Janeiro, October 8, 1988) is a Brazilian actor.

Acting credits

Good Luck poster
7.3

After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love. The problem is that she does not have long to live and they know it. This shall not prevent the emergence of a great romance in the clinic.

Good Luck

2014

Sofá poster
NR

Joana D'Arc, a former public school teacher in Rio de Janeiro, tries to recover her home, lost to the City Hall. The trajectory is shared by the pirate fisherman Pharaó, from Guanabara Bay.

Sofá

2019

AE-Autoexposure poster
3.9

After a shooting assignment, Henrique is mugged by two armed motor-bikers who steal his camera and speed off. Seconds later, he watches both get hit by a pickup truck driven by a self-appointed avenger, someone weary of feeling defenseless against the urban violence, and who decided to take action. Henrique recovers his stolen equipment and leaves, feeling avenged. But he goes back to find the memory card, with the photos, lost during the crash. From that moment, he is trapped in a situation where he is now the criminal for failing to rescue a victim, who had been his aggressor. Going from the murder scene to the police station, and then to the emergency ward of the public hospital, he attempts to clear himself.

AE-Autoexposure

2012

Transe poster
NR

A threesome that takes place against the backdrop of Brazil's 2018 presidential election. Three young adults in a love triangle seek to understand the world and who they are on the brink of a shocking and highly-divisive election that puts the future of each one in check.

Transe

2024

Gaydar poster
1.5

Rafael is a young man who is tired of only reaching guys who say they are straight. Not wanting to go through this kind of embarrassment anymore, he gets a device that will put an end to all his doubts, the gaydar.

Gaydar

2012

The Living Dead poster
NR

Rio de Janeiro, May, 2012. João waits for Bia in front of the women’s restroom. However, she mysteriously disappears. Now, he doesn’t know if she died, was raptured or just fell in love with somebody else.

The Living Dead

2012

No artwork available
NR

A reporter for a popular newspaper and a criminal lawyer have their destinies linked by a murder that shocked Brazil in the 1970s and marked the beginning of the debate on femicide.

The Rhino Skin

2026

Victims of the Day poster
8.1

Elder and Daiane are a couple in the midst of an urban war: while he fights to survive, their first child is about to be born.

Victims of the Day

2025

Rend Your Heart poster
7.1

40 years after fighting for what he thought was new and revolutionary, a former anonymous militant against the now fallen Brazilian dictatorship is accused of being conservative, antiquated and anachronistic by his own son.

Rend Your Heart

2018

Gabriel and the Mountain poster
6.6

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel Buchmann decides to travel the world for one year. After ten months on the road with his backpack full of dreams, immersed at the heart of various countries, he arrives in Kenya determined to discover the African continent. Until he reaches the top of Mount Mulanje, Malawi, his final destination.

Gabriel and the Mountain

2017

No artwork available
6.0

An experimental collective film lasting little more than an hour, compiled from 10 episodes by a total of 14 different young Brazilian filmmakers. The project was an initiative of the directing duo Felipe Bragança and Marina Meliande, who sent a ‘letter of concern’ to inspire the participants. In it, a 16-year-old girl wrote about her dreams, which have been translated by the directors into films about love, youth and the possibilities of cinema.

Neverquiet (Film of Wonders)

2011

Motolove poster
7.0

Xeu and Lidiane are going to have a child. She pressures him to sell his motorcycle and get another job. The news of the pregnancy and Xeu’s to a cousin in Maré brings instability to the relationship.

Motolove

2017

Direita é a Mão que Você Escreve poster
NR

Forgotten by her father after ballet class, Carolina finds herself encouraged by a friend to try to walk home alone. On this adventure, the girl will face her fears and encounter curious characters.

Direita é a Mão que Você Escreve

2009

B.O. poster
6.0

Pedro and Fabrício are two young filmmakers who never got the chance to make their comedy films. Frustrated, they consider quitting the business, but decide, as their last attempt, to produce a low-budget drama and submit it to a local film festival.

B.O.

2019

The Importance of Being Earnest poster
NR

José Dourado uses a double identity to be able to have fun without compromising his image as a rich heir and telecommunications shareholder. His best friend, Agenor Nabuco, makes use of this to invade José's farm and, then, he meets the seductive Cecília Feijó, his friend's niece. Agenor is Patrícia Lobato's cousin, with whom José is in love, but Aunt Augusta, Patrícia's mother, is against the relationship. Love impediments will also be imposed by housekeeper Dona Glorinha and pastor Saulo Malaquias. Then, a plot from the past appears to alter the course of the characters in the story.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Noites de alface poster
6.8

After the death of his wife, Otto starts having trouble to sleep without his natural medicine: a lettuce tea she made every night.

Noites de alface

2021

Coisas nossas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Coisas nossas

2013

O Vampiro do Meio-Dia poster
5.0

During the hottest summer of his life, teenager discovers pleasure among buses, balloons, Darth Vader and Newton's laws.

O Vampiro do Meio-Dia

2008