My Friend Dino () is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jimmy Larouche and released in 2016.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mon ami Dino – Film de Jimmy Larouche". Films du Québec, July 5, 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,Hugo Meunier, "Mon ami Dino: le testament de Dino Tavarone". La Presse, August 5, 2016. the film focuses on his life in his 70s as he battles a serious illness.Helen Faradji, "Mon ami Dino et quelques autres pépites du faux documentaire". Ici Radio-Canada, October 1, 2019.
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.Brendan Kelly, "Mon ami Dino: Q&A with actor Dino Tavarone". Montreal Gazette, August 4, 2016.
Migliarese received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.
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