The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is a 2018 Canadian drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Xavier Dolan, in his English-language debut. The film stars Kit Harington, Jacob Tremblay, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Thandiwe Newton, Ben Schnetzer, and Jared Keeso. It deals with themes of celebrity, tabloid media in Hollywood, mother-son relationships, and homosexuality.
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Directed by | Xavier Dolan |
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Story by | Xavier Dolan |
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Narrated by | Michael Gambon |
Cinematography | André Turpin |
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Music by | Gabriel Yared |
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Distributed by | Les Films Séville |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Box office | $3.3 million[1][2] |
It is presented as three different sequences of scenes interspersed during the film: a series set in 2017 showing a young actor who reminisces about the written correspondence he shared as a child with an American TV star who died since then, and two other series set in the mid-2000s depicting the lives of both characters at the time of the correspondence.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was critically panned, with many critics describing it as Dolan's worst directorial effort.[3][4]