Manuel, le fils emprunté (1990)
• February 9th, 1990 • 1h 19min
Comedy, Drama
Overview
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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