CinemaOSMovie · 1990 · 1h 19m

Manuel, le fils emprunté

70%(4)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Directed byFrançois Labonté

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 19m
Language
FR
Released
February 9, 1990
Studios
ONF | NFBTéléfilm CanadaCléo 24

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Manuel, el hijo prestado (François Labonté, 1990)

Manuel, el hijo prestado (François Labonté, 1990)

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Cast & crew

10 credited
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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