Rodrigo Santoro (Tonho)

Behind the Sun is Rodrigo Santoro's second feature film. For Bicho de Sete Cabeças, by Laís Bodanzki, his film debut (winner of the Youth Prize at the Locarno Film Festival 2001), Rodrigo Santoro was chosen Best Actor at the Recife and Brasilia Film Festivals. (2000). His performance as a young student locked up in a mental hospital by his own father was praised by Brazilian critics, who named him as one of the country's promising talents. Before working in film, Rodrigo Santoro worked in television and in the theater.