Jonathan Berlin to Direct Debut Feature 'Mio,' a Queer Coming-of-Age Drama
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Alex Ritman
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German actor Jonathan Berlin is set to make his directorial feature debut with "Mio," a queer coming-of-age drama about a teenager whose parents disappear, forcing him on a journey of self-discovery in a small Spanish town. The film stars Taddeo Kufus, Barbara Auer, and Godehard Giese.
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· 3 pulledMio undertakes an odyssey between childhood and adolescence that demands everything of him in his quest to find himself.
German actor and director Jonathan Berlin ('The Forger') is set to write and direct his first feature 'Mio', a queer coming of age drama about a teenager who must embark on a journey into the unknown after his parents disappear.
Set in a small Spanish town, Mio undertakes an odyssey between childhood and adolescence that demands everything of him in his quest to find himself.
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