Jo for Jonathan
FrenchJo pour Jonathan
Directed byMaxime Giroux
Written byMaxime Giroux
Alexandre Laferrière
Produced byPaul Barbeau
StarringRaphaël Lacaille
Jean-Sébastien Courchesne
CinematographySara Mishara
Edited byMathieu Bouchard-Malo
Music byOlivier Alary
Production
companies
Nouveau Film
Reprise Films
Distributed byMétropole Films
Release date
  • August 5, 2010 (2010-08-05) (Locarno)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Jo for Jonathan (French: Jo pour Jonathan) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Maxime Giroux and released in 2010.[1] The film stars Raphaël Lacaille as Jonathan, a teenager who wants to emulate his older brother Thomas (Jean-Sébastien Courchesne) and become a player in the world of illegal car racing. Despite not yet having a driver's license, he enters a race and loses, getting into trouble as he does not have money to pay; Thomas must bail him out by racing himself, but is gravely injured in an accident.[2]

The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in August 2010,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie in September.[4] It went into commercial release in March 2011.[1]

Lacaille won the Borsos Competition award for best actor in a Canadian film at the 2010 Whistler Film Festival.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jo pour Jonathan – Film de Maxime Giroux". Films du Québec, February 21, 2011.
  2. Brendan Kelly, "Intense story of a boy in an existential crisis". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2011.
  3. "Cinq longs métrages canadiens à Lorcano, dont deux en compétition internationale". Canadian Press, July 15, 2010.
  4. "Le film "Jo pour Jonathan", de Maxime Giroux, va de festival en festival". Canadian Press, September 22, 2010.
  5. Graeme McRanor, "It's a wrap for 10th anniversary of Whistler Film Festival; Highlights included a chat with filmmakers Monte Hellman, Bruce McDonald and Atom Egoyan and a new home for the film fest". Vancouver Sun, December 6, 2010.
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