Feature film — 1990

Manuel, le fils emprunté (1990)

7.01h 19mComedy — Drama

Juan Alvarez, a Spanish refugee in Canada, shoemaker, picks up at his home Manuel, a 12-year-old Portuguese teenager, whom he teaches to read, to assert his rights and who speaks of the Spanish civil war.

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A high-signal pick with 4 votes.

Cléo 24 / Les Productions EGM / ONF | NFB / Téléfilm Canada / Société Générale des Industries Culturelles du Québec (SOGIC)

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Director: François Labonté

On screen

Cast & crew

Francisco Rabal

Juan Alvarez

Nuno Da Costa

Manuel Estrada

Luiz Saraiva

Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

Kim Yaroshevskaya

Rosa Alvarez

Isabel Serra

Estella Estrada

Gaston Caron

Jimmy

Ginette Boivin

Michèle Leclerc

Robert Toupin

M. Fortin (le professeur)

Michel Dumont

M. Castillo (le directeur)

José Barrio

Pablo

Simon Quévillon-Loiselle

Angelo

Marco Lavoie

Costa

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