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13/03/2019 Drama 2h 3m
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Overview

A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.

  1. Xavier Dolan

    Director, Writer

  2. Jacob Tierney

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Kit Harington

    John F. Donovan

  2. Natalie Portman

    Sam Turner

  3. Jacob Tremblay

    Rupert Turner

  4. Susan Sarandon

    Grace Donovan

  5. Kathy Bates

    Barbara Haggermaker

  6. Ben Schnetzer

    Rupert Turner (21 y.o.)

  7. Thandiwe Newton

    Journalist

  8. Jared Keeso

    James Donovan

  9. Chris Zylka

    Will Jefford Jr.

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by SWITCH.
Written by SWITCH. on 2020-05-13
You can see Xavier Dolan reaching for something grand with this film, a bigger story than he has ever attempted before and even more romantic questions of identity and self, but while one of the problems of 'The Death and Life of John F. Donovan' is that there are too many questions being asked, it doesn't mean that any of them aren't worth asking. This is still a Xavier Dolan film, and for all the right reasons, even down to his continuing dissection of the complex relationships between mothers and sons, and when he has sure footing, his flashes of spectacle in this film are really won...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$3,326,364.00

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