Manuel, le fils emprunté

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Francisco RabalJuan Alvarez

Nuno Da Costa

Nuno Da CostaManuel Estrada

Luiz Saraiva

Luiz SaraivaVasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

Kim YaroshevskayaRosa Alvarez

Isabel Serra

Isabel SerraEstella Estrada

Gaston CaronJimmy

Ginette Boivin

Ginette BoivinMichèle Leclerc

Robert ToupinM. Fortin (le professeur)

Michel DumontM. Castillo (le directeur)

José Barrio

José BarrioPablo

Simon Quévillon-Loiselle

Simon Quévillon-LoiselleAngelo

Marco Lavoie

Marco LavoieCosta