DramaRomanceTV Movie

I Am Jonas

When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories still haunt him. Trying frantically to put the missing pieces together, Jonas becomes determined to break the shackles of the past and finally set himself free.

Release Date : 2018-11-23

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : ARTEEn Compagnie des Lamas

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jonas

Original Name : Félix Maritaud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonas (teenager)

Original Name : Nicolas Bauwens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nathan

Original Name : Tommy Lee Baïk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nathan's Mother

Original Name : Aure Atika

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jonas's Mother

Original Name : Marie Denarnaud

Gender : Female

Character Name : Léonard

Original Name : Ilian Bergala

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonas's Father

Original Name : Pierre Cartonnet

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Predator

Original Name : Nicolas Sartous

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samuel

Original Name : David Baïot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grindr Guy

Original Name : Julien Naccache

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline (teenager)

Original Name : Edith Saulnier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Caroline

Original Name : Ingrid Graziani

Gender : Female

Character Name : le garçon moqueur

Original Name : Marcel Bouzige

Gender : Male

Character Name : le voisin

Original Name : Jean-Luc Rehel

Gender : Male

Character Name : le mec du Boys Paradise

Original Name : John Karalian

Gender : Male

Character Name : l'infirmière

Original Name : Peggy Mahieu

Gender : Male

Character Name : vieil homme malade

Original Name : Bernard Massoni

Gender : Male

Character Name : vieille dame de l’hôpital

Original Name : Annie Pardo

Gender : Male

Character Name : videur du Boys Paradise 2015

Original Name : Ali Pekoz

Gender : Male

Character Name : videur du Boys Paradise 1997

Original Name : Cyril Bertucci

Gender : Male

Character Name : policier 2015

Original Name : Daniel Lawless

Gender : Male

Character Name : policier 1997

Original Name : Franck Libert

Gender : Male

Character Name : professeur d’histoire-géographie

Original Name : Matthieu Lestrade

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-27

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.