Manuel, le fils emprunté (1990)
1990 · 1h 19m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, 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.
Director: François Labonté
Writers: Gerald Wexler
Cinematography: Karol Ike
Editor: François Gill
Cast
Francisco Rabal as Juan AlvarezNuno Da Costa as Manuel EstradaLuiz Saraiva as Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)Kim Yaroshevskaya as Rosa AlvarezIsabel Serra as Estella EstradaGaston Caron as JimmyGinette Boivin as Michèle LeclercRobert Toupin as M. Fortin (le professeur)Michel Dumont as M. Castillo (le directeur)José Barrio as PabloSimon Quévillon-Loiselle as AngeloMarco Lavoie as CostaMore like this
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