My Friend Dino (French: Mon ami Dino) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jimmy Larouche and released in 2016.[1] A fictionalized documentary about the life of Dino Tavarone, who spent four years in prison for drug trafficking before finding fame playing a mafia boss in the television series Omertà in the 1990s,[2] the film focuses on his life in his 70s as he battles a serious illness.[3]
| My Friend Dino | |
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| French | Mon ami Dino |
| Directed by | Jimmy Larouche |
| Written by | Jimmy Larouche |
| Produced by | Jimmy Larouche Renouf Williams David-Olivier St-Denis |
| Starring | Dino Tavarone Michel Côté Sasha Migliarese Manuel Tadros |
| Cinematography | Mathieu Chouinard |
| Edited by | Mathieu Demers Jimmy Larouche |
| Music by | Manuel Gasse |
Production companies | Alma Films GreenGround Productions |
| Distributed by | Maison 4:3 |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film's cast also includes Michel Côté, Manuel Tadros, Joëlle Morin and Sasha Migliarese. Côté, Tadros and Morin played versions of themselves, while Migliarese played Tavarone's daughter Meredith.[4]
Migliarese received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.[5]
References
edit- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mon ami Dino – Film de Jimmy Larouche". Films du Québec, July 5, 2016.
- ^ Hugo Meunier, "Mon ami Dino: le testament de Dino Tavarone". La Presse, August 5, 2016.
- ^ Helen Faradji, "Mon ami Dino et quelques autres pépites du faux documentaire". Ici Radio-Canada, October 1, 2019.
- ^ Brendan Kelly, "Mon ami Dino: Q&A with actor Dino Tavarone". Montreal Gazette, August 4, 2016.
- ^ Boutros, Magdaline (April 5, 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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