My Friend Dino (2016)
August 5, 2016Release Date
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.
Michel Côté
Michel Côté
Sasha Migliarese
Mérédith
Joëlle Morin
Joëlle
Manuel Tadros
Manuel
Mathieu Chouinard
Director of Photography
Jimmy Larouche
Director
Andreas Mendritzki
Producer
Ren Williams
Producer
Details.
Release DateAugust 5, 2016
Original NameMon ami Dino
StatusReleased
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
quebec
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.