The film is barely 80 minutes long and with such a compact run-time, the film is tightly wound and concise.

Violence, bullying in gay man's coming-of-age story.

I Am Jonas is a mindful, astute portrait of a troubled man.

The broken Jonas is not an easy character to like and his self-loathing is in danger of alienating us as much as it does the characters he interacts with. That said, it is a committed and convincing portrait by [Felix] Maritaud.