My Friend Dino

My Friend Dino
Film poster
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
Release date	August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01)
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

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.

External links

• My Friend Dino at IMDb