I Am Jonas

2018 [FRENCH]

Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance

29
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 84% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 7314 7.3K

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Plot summary

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 Photo
Christophe Charrier

Top cast

Aure Atika Photo
Aure Atika as La mère de Nathan
Félix Maritaud Photo
Félix Maritaud as Jonas
Philippe Levy Photo
Philippe Levy as Le prof principal
Daniel Lawless Photo
Daniel Lawless as Policier 2015
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686 MB
1280*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 22 min
Seeds 4
1.3 GB
1904*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
25 fps
1 hr 22 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by johannes2000-1 9 / 10

Impressive and very moving.

I was very impressed and moved by this film. It's just "small", I mean: just a few actors, a simple albeit poignant story, no big settings or effects. But it all fits perfectly, and the director effectively makes us jump forwards and backwards in the chronology of the story, to make us gradually aware of what happened in the past that has made the adult Jonas the complicated and almost self-destructive man he is.The being gay of the main characters is not so much an issue here; although the scenes during high school at first seem to go in that way, it's basically about a teenage love as any other, so don't expect some coming-out movie. The main premise is having to live with an overpowering feeling of guilt and shame on account of some terrible incident that concerned the person on whom at that moment all your new and hopeful love was focused.Adult Jonas is played by Félix Maritaud, I saw him recently in Sauvage (2018), and he is equally impressive here as a man tormented by his memories. But young Nicolas Bauwens as the teenage Jonas is just as impressive in his straining part and more than once moved me to tears.The ending is rather abrupt but it fits the story and although nothing is actually stated that way, it does leave the impression of some redemption for Jonas, a hint at the start of a happier future.
Reviewed by DreamerX616 8 / 10

I Am (Left Wanting More)

Hauntingly tragic story of young love and innocence broken.Told from 2 time periods this sensitively told french movie tells of a night of tragedy that would forever leave a scar on our main protagonist Jonas. The director leaves it till the last few scenes for the viewer to put all the pieces together and then have us screaming for answers and resolutions that by the end credits we know are never going to come and we leave the movie, like all the characters, with a sense of hope, tinged with despair.
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