Joana Castro

Acting

Joana Castro

Acting credits

The Depth of Our Hearts poster
NR

Joana, a curious 7-year-old, wants to find out how she came into the world from two bellies.

The Depth of Our Hearts

2021

Madalena poster
6.0

The body of a trans woman lies lifeless in a soy plantation and three lives react to her missing and presumed death.

Madalena

2021

Weavers poster
NR

A women's support group takes in Olivia, who is vulnerable after the death of her twin sister Patricia. But in this sect, the peace she hoped for becomes her worst nightmare.

Weavers

2026

Legalize It! poster
7.2

The meeting between two young guys, Marcelo —in the future, Marcelo D2— and Skunk , who sold t-shirts and cassette tapes in the center of Rio de Janeiro to survive, resulted in one of the most popular bands in Brazil in the 1990’s, Planet Hemp. Suppressed by a prejudiced society, the two made of their music a cry of alertness and resistance, conquering the hearts and minds of an entire generation.

Legalize It!

2017

Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll poster
7.2

The film tells the story of Luiz Antônio, a clumsy radio host, who unexpectedly finds himself in charge of a bankrupt radio station. Relying only on his passion for rock'n'roll and a crazy team, he creates one of the most emblematic radio stations in the history of Brazilian rock, Fluminense FM. Among guitar solos and radio signal interferences, we follow the adventures misadventures of Luiz.

Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll

2024

Chocante poster
5.2

The 1990s marked the success of the boy-band Chocante. Twenty years later, the group has disbanded and the members took different paths in life. The old colleagues gather for an unexpected event, the death of one of the group members.

Chocante

2017

SUNDOWN SYNDROME poster
NR

Phantom Ladies Over Rio. Summer. Rio de Janeiro under possessions. Gay times. Sharks on attack. Claudete, a 64-year-old black woman, is facing a great dilemma: she only falls in love with gay men.

SUNDOWN SYNDROME

2024

Lunch Break poster
7.0

1979. Four female workers have lunch break inside the ladies' room, at a metallurgical factory. Between laughs and scuffles, each one has a secret of their own.

Lunch Break

2021