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Manuel, le fils emprunté

7.019901h 19mMovieComedyDrama

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.

DirectorFrançois Labonté

WriterGerald Wexler

ProducersFrancine Forest·Nardo Castillo

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Cast · Directed by François Labonté

Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

M. Fortin (le professeur)

Michel Dumont

M. Castillo (le directeur)

José Barrio

Pablo

Simon Quévillon-Loiselle

Angelo

Marco Lavoie

Costa

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Manuel, le fils emprunté hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 30, 1990. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.