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I Am Jonas

Original title: Jonas
  • TV Movie
  • 20182018
  • 1h 22m
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7.0/10
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Félix Maritaud in I Am Jonas (2018)
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Two moments of Jonas's life intertwine, each reflecting the other: in 1995, when he was a secretive teenager, and 18 years later, as an attractive and impulsive thirty-something looking for ... Read allTwo moments of Jonas's life intertwine, each reflecting the other: in 1995, when he was a secretive teenager, and 18 years later, as an attractive and impulsive thirty-something looking for balance in his life.Two moments of Jonas's life intertwine, each reflecting the other: in 1995, when he was a secretive teenager, and 18 years later, as an attractive and impulsive thirty-something looking for balance in his life.
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    • Christophe Charrier
    • Christophe Charrier
  • Stars
    • Félix Maritaud
    • Nicolas Bauwens
    • Tommy-Lee Baïk
    • Christophe Charrier
    • Christophe Charrier
  • Stars
    • Félix Maritaud
    • Nicolas Bauwens
    • Tommy-Lee Baïk
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 38User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 0:47
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    Félix Maritaud in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Félix Maritaud in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Félix Maritaud in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Nicolas Bauwens in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Félix Maritaud in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Ilian Bergala and Félix Maritaud in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Tommy-Lee Baïk and Nicolas Bauwens in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Tommy-Lee Baïk and Nicolas Bauwens in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Tommy-Lee Baïk and Nicolas Bauwens in I Am Jonas (2018)
    Tommy-Lee Baïk in I Am Jonas (2018)
    I Am Jonas (2018)
    Félix Maritaud and Nicolas Bauwens in I Am Jonas (2018)

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    Félix Maritaud
    Félix Maritaud
    • Jonas adulte
    Nicolas Bauwens
    • Jonas adolescent
    Tommy-Lee Baïk
    • Nathan
    Aure Atika
    Aure Atika
    • La mère de Nathan
    Marie Denarnaud
    Marie Denarnaud
    • La mère de Jonas
    Ilian Bergala
    • Léonard
    Pierre Cartonnet
    • Le père de Jonas
    Marcel Bouzige
    • Le garçon moqueur
    Nicolas Sartous
    • Le prédateur
    David Baïot
    • Samuel
    Julien Naccache
    • Mec Grindr
    • (as Julien Nacache)
    Ingrid Graziani
    • Caroline adulte
    Edith Saulnier
    Edith Saulnier
    • Caroline adolescente
    Constance Lecavelle
    • Petite amie Léonard
    Jean-Luc Rehel
    • Le voisin
    John Kharalian
    • Mec Boys Paradise
    Peggy Mahieu
    • Infirmière
    Bernard Massoni
    • Vieil homme malade
      • Christophe Charrier
      • Christophe Charrier
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    8/10
    A haunting, well-made drama
    Jonas is a clearly troubled 33-year-old gay man who drifts through life listlessly, seemingly haunted by something in his past. As the film opens he's being arrested for some sort of altercation in a gay bar. A sympathetic female cop recognizes him as a former classmate, and Jonas is drawn into memories of high school and meeting Nathan, the boy who would help him discover his sexuality and become his first love.

    From there the plot skips between two parallel tracks as we follow his high school romance and watch his adult life disintegrate before his eyes. Soon we come to realize how strongly he clings to his past, until the two timelines meet head on and the event that has shaped his entire life is revealed.

    This is a moving, emotionally charged drama, much higher quality than you'd ordinarily expect of a made-for-TV movie. The ending seems a bit rushed and abrupt - we'd like to spend a little more time exploring Jonas's feelings in both timelines after the big reveal and before the sweet-but-sad final scene - but this was likely due to TV time constraints, and in any event serves to demonstrate just how quickly life can take an unexpected turn. My only other complaint is that while the entire cast does an excellent job, Jonas, Nathan, and their classmates are way too old to be ninth graders. They could have easily been made two or three years older without changing a thing in the script; as is, it just looks wrong. The best bet for the English-speaking viewer is to simply assume there's a typo in the subtitles, the boys are really 17, and go from there.
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    • Sep 28, 2018

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    • Release date
      • November 16, 2018 (France)
      • France
      • En Compagnie Des Lamas (France)
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Toulon, Var, France
    • Production companies
      • En Compagnie Des Lamas
      • ARTE
      • Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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    • 1 hour 22 minutes
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