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Manuel, le fils emprunté

19901h 19mFrançois Labonté

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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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What is Manuel, le fils emprunté (1990) about?

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.

Who stars in Manuel, le fils emprunté?

Manuel, le fils emprunté stars Francisco Rabal (Juan Alvarez), Nuno Da Costa (Manuel Estrada), Luiz Saraiva (Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)), Kim Yaroshevskaya (Rosa Alvarez), Isabel Serra (Estella Estrada). The film was directed by François Labonté.

How long is Manuel, le fils emprunté?

Manuel, le fils emprunté has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1990.

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