João Carlos Castanha

Acting

João Carlos Castanha

Acting credits

Future Future poster
NR

In a rainy Brazilian city, an amnesic man is taken in by a lonely clickworker at a course for people with a strange neurological syndrome. After using an addictive AI device, he embarks on a tragic and absurd journey to find where he truly belongs.

Future Future

2026

No artwork available
6.0

Joao is a 50 year old actor who lives with his 72 year old mother, Celina. He spends his time between his work at night as a crossdresser in small gay bars and his parts in small plays, movies and TV shows. Tormented and haunted by ghosts from his past, day after day Joao starts to merge the reality in which he lived with the fiction he is interpreting.

Castanha

2014

O Mentiroso poster
8.0

The friendship between four men is at stake when one of them is invited to work in another city. But the other three decide to go along.

O Mentiroso

1988

Quinquilharia poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Quinquilharia

2026

Drawer poster
NR

A man in search of space.

Drawer

2010

Maria Helena: A Woman for All poster
NR

Every man wants Maria Helena... she has a pimp called Marcelao who wants her to do porno movies. Tired of everything, she leaves everything for real love and passion.

Maria Helena: A Woman for All

2015

Waiting Room poster
NR

A young man wearing a gas mask wanders in an grey and empty city.

Waiting Room

2009

Caju, Meu Amigo poster
7.0

United by their love for the same dog, two women scarred by the 2024 flood transform a silent dispute into a journey of encounter, loss, and reconstruction.

Caju, Meu Amigo

2026

A Sinaleira Amarela poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Sinaleira Amarela

2025

Família em Construção poster
7.0

In the disciplined world of boxing, Fabiana maintains order as a referee, but her life takes an unexpected turn when she decides to adopt Dudu, a troubled 12-year-old boy. To get out of this, she must reconnect with his father, a frustrated actor. While society favors “perfect” mothers, fathers and children, this unlikely trio faces challenges and discovers that family is much more than an ideal model.

Família em Construção

2025