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Manuel, le fils emprunté

Manuel, le fils emprunté

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ComedyDrama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

79 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

09 February 1990

Country

Canada

Cast

Francisco Rabal

Francisco Rabal

Juan Alvarez

Nuno Da Costa

Nuno Da Costa

Manuel Estrada

Luiz Saraiva

Luiz Saraiva

Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

Kim Yaroshevskaya

Kim Yaroshevskaya

Rosa Alvarez

Isabel Serra

Isabel Serra

Estella Estrada

Gaston Caron

Gaston Caron

Jimmy

Ginette Boivin

Ginette Boivin

Michèle Leclerc

Robert Toupin

Robert Toupin

M. Fortin (le professeur)

Michel Dumont

Michel Dumont

M. Castillo (le directeur)

José Barrio

José Barrio

Pablo

Simon Quévillon-Loiselle

Simon Quévillon-Loiselle

Angelo

Marco Lavoie

Marco Lavoie

Costa

Pedro Marques

Pedro Marques

Luis Estrada

Marisa Martiho

Marisa Martiho

Clara Estrada

Marco Ramirez

Marco Ramirez

Serveur terrasse

Alain Chartrand

Alain Chartrand

M. Lino (boutique vidéo)

Yves Canuel-Toueg

Yves Canuel-Toueg

Vic (jeune au couteau)

Mario Monuma

Mario Monuma

Ami de Vic

Éric Brisebois

Éric Brisebois

Tony

Daniel Tremblay

Daniel Tremblay

Policier

Jean-Marie Lapointe

Jean-Marie Lapointe

Gaston

Christiane Forcier

Christiane Forcier

Policier conducteur

Alvaro Almeïda

Alvaro Almeïda

Serveur snack bar

Martin Lavigne

Martin Lavigne

Juan Alvarez (jeune)

Francisco Gonzales

Francisco Gonzales

Soldat fasciste

Gary Abenaim

Gary Abenaim

Emilio

Jean-François Leblanc

Jean-François Leblanc

Simon

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