Jo pour Jonathan (2011)
March 18, 2011Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jean-Sébastien Courchesne
Thomas
Éliane Gagnon
Cynthia
Vanessa Pilon
Alexandra
Raphaël Lacaille
Jonathan
Jean-Alexandre Létourneau
Samuel
Keven Noël
Competitor
Maxime Giroux
Director
Andrée Vachon
Mother
Alexandre Laferrière
Writer
Paul Barbeau
Producer
Martin Dubreuil
SAAQ Evaluator / Makeup Effects
Simone Chevalot
SAAQ Evaluator
Olivier Alary
Composer
Sara Mishara
Cinematographer
Patrick Sylvain
Competitor's Friend
Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Editor
Steve Mallette
Auto Parts Store Clerk
Claude Talbot
Man
Monique Pion
Woman Being Robbed
Luc Lepage
Security Guard 1
Robert Blais
Security Guard 2
Patricia McNeil
Costume Design
C.J. Goldman
Makeup Effects
Marcel Chouinard
Sound Recordist
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Jo for Jonathan (French: Jo pour Jonathan) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Maxime Giroux and released in 2010. 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.The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in August 2010, and had its Canadian premiere at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie in September. It went into commercial release in March 2011.Lacaille won the Borsos Competition award for best actor in a Canadian film at the 2010 Whistler Film Festival.