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Manuel, le fils emprunté(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-02-09
63%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 19m
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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
Canada
ProductionCompanies: 
Cléo 24
Les Productions EGM
Société Générale des Industries Culturelles du Québec (SOGIC)
Movie: Manuel, le fils emprunté
Top 10 Billed Cast
Francisco Rabal
Juan Alvarez
Kim Yaroshevskaya
Rosa Alvarez
Gaston Caron
Jimmy
Robert Toupin
M. Fortin (le professeur)
Michel Dumont
M. Castillo (le directeur)
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