Plot.

After spending 4 years in prison for drug trafficking, Dino tastes fame by interpreting the godfather of the mafia in the TV series Omerta. Now 72 years old, he's preparing for a role that could be his last. Somewhere between reality and fiction, My Friend Dino offers a special access to the universe of this likable anarchist.

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Cast & Crew.

Dino Tavarone

Michel Côté

Sasha Migliarese

Mérédith

Joëlle Morin

Manuel Tadros

Mathieu Chouinard

Director of Photography

Jimmy Larouche

Producer / Director

Ren Williams

Producer

Andreas Mendritzki

Producer

Aonan Yang

Producer

Mathieu Demers

Editor

Details.

Release Date
August 5, 2016

Original Name
Mon ami Dino

Status
Released

Genres
Documentary Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

My Friend Dino (French: Mon ami Dino) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jimmy Larouche and released in 2016. 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, the film focuses on his life in his 70s as he battles a serious illness.

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.

Migliarese received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.