Manuel, le fils emprunté

Manuel, le fils emprunté (1990)

February 9th, 19901h 19min

Comedy, Drama
63%

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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