Manuel, le fils emprunté

Manuel, le fils emprunté

79 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 9, 1990

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.

Manuel, le fils emprunté

79 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 9, 1990

Manuel, le fils emprunté
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.
Producers Téléfilm Canada, National Film Board of Canada, Société Générale des Industries Culturelles du Québec (SOGIC), Cléo 24, Les Productions EGM
Original title Manuel, le fils emprunté
Directors François Labonté
Writers Gerald Wexler

Cast

Francisco Rabal

as Juan Alvarez

Nuno Da Costa

as Manuel Estrada

Luiz Saraiva

as Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

Kim Yaroshevskaya

as Rosa Alvarez

Isabel Serra

as Estella Estrada

Gaston Caron

as Jimmy

Ginette Boivin

as Michèle Leclerc

Robert Toupin

as M. Fortin (le professeur)

Michel Dumont

as M. Castillo (le directeur)

José Barrio

as Pablo

Marco Lavoie

as Costa

Pedro Marques

as Luis Estrada

Marisa Martiho

as Clara Estrada

Marco Ramirez

as Serveur terrasse

Alain Chartrand

as M. Lino (boutique vidéo)

Yves Canuel-Toueg

as Vic (jeune au couteau)

Mario Monuma

as Ami de Vic

Eric Brisebois

as Tony

Daniel Tremblay

as Policier

Christiane Forcier

as Policier conducteur

Alvaro Almeïda

as Serveur snack bar

Martin Lavigne

as Juan Alvarez (jeune)

Francisco Gonzales

as Soldat fasciste

Gary Abenaim

as Emilio