My Friend Dino

My Friend Dino
	Film poster
French	Mon ami Dino
Directed by	Jimmy Larouche
Produced by	Jimmy Larouche; Ren Williams; David-Olivier St-Denis
Written by	Jimmy Larouche
Starring	Dino Tavarone; Michel Côté; Sasha Migliarese; Manuel Tadros
Music by	Manuel Gasse
Cinematography	Mathieu Chouinard
Edited by	Mathieu Demers; Jimmy Larouche
Production; company	Alma Films; GreenGround Productions
Distributed by	L'Atelier distribution
Release date	August 1, 2016;
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

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]

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

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.

External links

My Friend Dino at IMDb

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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.

[Boutros-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.