Manuel, le fils emprunté
1990, French. Directed by François Labonté.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- François LabontéDirector
- Francisco RabalJuan Alvarez
- Nuno Da CostaManuel Estrada
- Luiz SaraivaVasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)
- Kim YaroshevskayaRosa Alvarez
- Isabel SerraEstella Estrada
- Gaston CaronJimmy
- Ginette BoivinMichèle Leclerc
- Robert ToupinM. Fortin (le professeur)
- Michel DumontM. Castillo (le directeur)
- José BarrioPablo
- Simon Quévillon-LoiselleAngelo
- Marco LavoieCosta
Details
- Released
- 9 February 1990
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Gerald Wexler
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Manuel, le fils emprunté runs 79 minutes (1h 19m).
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Manuel, le fils emprunté isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 February 1990. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Manuel, le fils emprunté?
Manuel, le fils emprunté (1990) was directed by François Labonté and stars Francisco Rabal, Nuno Da Costa, Luiz Saraiva.