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I Am Jonas

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6.8/10 • 256

2018-11-231h 22m

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When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in grappling with his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories from this time still haunt Jonas.

Directors
Christophe Charrier
Writters
Christophe Charrier
Editors
Stéphanie Dumesnil

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  1. Félix Maritaud

    Félix Maritaud

    Jonas (adult)

  2. Nicolas Bauwens

    Nicolas Bauwens

    Jonas (teenager)

  3. Tommy Lee Baïk

    Tommy Lee Baïk

    Nathan

  4. Aure Atika

    Aure Atika

    Nathan's Mother

  5. Ilian Bergala

    Ilian Bergala

    Léonard

  6. Marie Denarnaud

    Marie Denarnaud

    Jonas's Mother

  7. Pierre Cartonnet

    Pierre Cartonnet

    Jonas's Father

  8. Nicolas Sartous

    Nicolas Sartous

    The Predator

  9. David Baïot

    David Baïot

    Samuel

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CinemaSerf

Mar 27, 2022

7/10

This is quite a well put together little drama recounting the life of "Jonas" through the twin threads of his late childhood and of a current day thirty-something. Félix Maritaud plays the elder incarnation in a typically gritty and plausible way (though he does look like he could do with a good meal!) with Nicolas Bauwens as his younger, largely conformist, self. My problem is that the narrative that gets us from person A to person B - via a new schoolfriend "Nathan" doesn't quite work. There is an incident, which we do discover at the end, but it leaves me with a feeling of incompleteness. Perhaps that's Christophe Charrier's plan - that there are no "happy endings", but I am struggling to fathom just how Jonas got onto this path of self destruction and his life, so out of hand in the first place. As with loads of French gay cinema, it is filmed at night - via street light - and is all the more evocative for that.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
homophobialossmale homosexualityteenage boylgbtgameboygay youthgay themeteenage