Manuel, le fils emprunté

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Francisco Rabal Juan Alvarez

Nuno Da Costa Manuel Estrada

Luiz Saraiva Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

Kim Yaroshevskaya Rosa Alvarez

Isabel Serra Estella Estrada