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My Friend Dino

2016 Canadian docufiction film

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]

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