The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
Synopsis
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Special Presentations - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 127 mins
- Director
-
Xavier Dolan
- Producer
- Lyse Lafontaine, Nancy Grant, Xavier Dolan, Michael Merkt
- Co-Producer
- Peter Carlton, Barry Ryan
- Executive Producer
- Joe Iacono, Patrick Roy, Anick Poirier, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz
- Editor
- Mathieu Denis, Xavier Dolan
- Screenwriter
- Xavier Dolan, Jacob Tierney
- Director of Photography
- André Turpin
- Production Designer
- Colombe Raby, Anne Pritchard
- Sound
- Sylvain Brassard
- Composer
- Gabriel Yared
- Principal cast
- Jacob Tremblay, Kit Harington, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Chastain, Nathalie Portman, Thandie Newton, Sarah Gadon
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Canada, UK coproduction
Lyla Films (CA), Sons of Manual (CA), Warp Films (UK)
Warp Films
33 Riding House StreetLondon
W1W 7DZ
Sales Company
Seville International
455, St-Antoine West, Suite 300H2Z 1J1 Montreal
Quebec
Canada
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