Jo — La Passione Character Profile

About Jo

The 10-year-old northern boy protagonist from an Italian immigrant ice-cream family. He develops a lifelong obsession with motor racing and specifically with the racer Wolfgang Von Trips.

Jo — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Sean Gallagher

Appears in

La Passione (1997)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (9)

• Jo — Romantic Interest — Veronica (Ruth Harford)

  Later romantic interest

• Jo — Romantic Interest — Dina (Belinda Stewart-Wilson)

  Childhood crush

• Jo — Social Admirer — Shirley Bassey (Shirley Bassey)

  Jo admires the singer

• Jo — Professional Mentor — Roy (Keith Barron)

  Mentor figure in racing

• Jo — Social Friend — Fran (Anna Pernicci)

  Childhood friend

• Jo — Narrative Idol — Wolfgang (Benedick Blythe)

  Jo's obsession with the racing driver

• Jo — Family Grandmother — Grandmother (Carmen Silvera)

  Grandmother-grandson relationship in an Italian immigrant family

• Jo — Family Mother — Mama (Jan Ravens)

  Mother-son relationship in an Italian immigrant family

• Jo — Family Father — Papa (Paul Shane)

  Father-son relationship in an Italian immigrant family

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• Vincent (Gavin Abbott)
• Mama (Jan Ravens)
• John Macllroy (Christopher Blake)
• Enzo Ferrari (Robert Wilson)
• Priest (Andy McEwan)
• Geoff Thwaites (Gordon Milne)
• John Hutchinson (Steve Edwin)
• Uncle Alvero (Raymond Brody)
• Uncle Valentino (Freddie Davies)