My Friend Joe (1996)
Best friends find you when you least expect it.
During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend isn't a he, but a she. The sadness only begins as Chris learns why Joe's gender must be kept a secret.
- Date of release
- 1996-08-29
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Family, Drama
- Director
- Chris Bould
Casting
- Schuyler Fisk — Joe / Joanne
- John Cleere — Chris Doyle
- Stephen McHattie — Curt
- Stanley Townsend — Mr. Doyle
- Pauline McLynn — Ms. Doyle
- Eoin Hughes — Boyler
- Mark Hannigan — Conor
- Stuart Dannell Foran — Noel
- Joel Grey — Simon
- Katie Carroll — Suzie
- Katy Davis — Aideen
- Didier Pasquette — Nicolai
Interesting facts
- Based on: Johnny, My Friend
- Filmed in: Cologne
My Friend Joe is a 1996 film directed by Chris Bould starring Schuyler Fisk and John Cleere. The film is based on the 1985 Swedish novel Janne, min vän by Peter Pohl.
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