Manuel, le fils emprunté
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
79 min
Release Date
1990-02-09
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
6.3
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
Pedro Marques
Luis Estrada
Marisa Martiho
Clara Estrada
Marco Ramirez
Serveur terrasse
Alain Chartrand
M. Lino (boutique vidéo)
Yves Canuel-Toueg
Vic (jeune au couteau)
Mario Monuma
Ami de Vic
Éric Brisebois
Tony
Daniel Tremblay
Policier
Jean-Marie Lapointe
Gaston
Christiane Forcier
Policier conducteur
Alvaro Almeïda
Serveur snack bar
Martin Lavigne
Juan Alvarez (jeune)
Francisco Gonzales
Soldat fasciste
Gary Abenaim
Emilio
Jean-François Leblanc
Simon
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