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
Film poster
FrenchMon ami Dino
Directed byJimmy Larouche
Written byJimmy Larouche
Produced byJimmy Larouche
Renouf Williams
David-Olivier St-Denis
StarringDino Tavarone
Michel Côté
Sasha Migliarese
Manuel Tadros
CinematographyMathieu Chouinard
Edited byMathieu Demers
Jimmy Larouche
Music byManuel Gasse
Production
companies
Alma Films
GreenGround Productions
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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

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  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mon ami Dino – Film de Jimmy Larouche". Films du Québec, July 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Hugo Meunier, "Mon ami Dino: le testament de Dino Tavarone". La Presse, August 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Helen Faradji, "Mon ami Dino et quelques autres pépites du faux documentaire". Ici Radio-Canada, October 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Mon ami Dino: Q&A with actor Dino Tavarone". Montreal Gazette, August 4, 2016.
  5. ^ 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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