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Manuel, le fils emprunté

Manuel, le fils emprunté

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Manuel, le fils emprunté

1990

1h 19m

7.0(4 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Téléfilm Canada

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal

Juan Alvarez

Nuno Da Costa

Manuel Estrada

Luiz Saraiva

Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

Kim Yaroshevskaya

Kim Yaroshevskaya

Rosa Alvarez

Isabel Serra

Estella Estrada

Gaston Caron

Gaston Caron

Jimmy

Ginette Boivin

Michèle Leclerc

Robert Toupin

Robert Toupin

M. Fortin (le professeur)

Michel Dumont

Michel Dumont

M. Castillo (le directeur)

José Barrio

Pablo

Creative team

Directed by: François Labonté
Written by: Gerald Wexler

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