| My Friend Dino | |
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| Director: | Jimmy Larouche |
| Producer: | Jimmy Larouche Renouf Williams David-Olivier St-Denis |
| Starring: | Dino Tavarone Michel Côté Sasha Migliarese Manuel Tadros |
| Music: | Manuel Gasse |
| Cinematography: | Mathieu Chouinard |
| Editing: | Mathieu Demers Jimmy Larouche |
| Studio: | Alma Films GreenGround Productions |
| Distributor: | Maison 4:3 |
| Runtime: | 84 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
My Friend Dino (fr|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]