I Am Jonas

Overview:

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.

Director:

Christophe Charrier

Status:

Released

Language:

French

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

homophobia
loss
male homosexuality
teenage boy
lgbt
gameboy
gay youth
gay theme
teenage

Cast

Félix Maritaud

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Jonas (adult)

Nicolas Bauwens

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Jonas (teenager)

Tommy Lee Baïk

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Nathan

Aure Atika

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Nathan's Mother

Ilian Bergala

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Léonard

Marie Denarnaud

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Jonas's Mother

Pierre Cartonnet

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Jonas's Father

Nicolas Sartous

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The Predator

David Baïot

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Samuel

Julien Naccache

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Grindr Guy

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
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.