
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast

Francisco Rabal
Juan Alvarez

Nuno Da Costa
Manuel Estrada

Luiz Saraiva
Vasco Estrada (as Luiz Saraïva)

Kim Yaroshevskaya
Rosa Alvarez

Isabel Serra
Estella Estrada

Gaston Caron
Jimmy

Ginette Boivin
Michèle Leclerc

Robert Toupin
M. Fortin (le professeur)

Michel Dumont
M. Castillo (le directeur)

José Barrio
Pablo

Simon Quévillon-Loiselle
Angelo

Marco Lavoie
Costa

Pedro Marques
Luis Estrada

Marisa Martiho
Clara Estrada

Marco Ramirez
Serveur terrasse

Alain Chartrand
M. Lino (boutique vidéo)

Yves Canuel-Toueg
Vic (jeune au couteau)

Mario Monuma
Ami de Vic

Éric Brisebois
Tony

Daniel Tremblay
Policier

Jean-Marie Lapointe
Gaston

Christiane Forcier
Policier conducteur

Alvaro Almeïda
Serveur snack bar

Martin Lavigne
Juan Alvarez (jeune)

Francisco Gonzales
Soldat fasciste

Gary Abenaim
Emilio

Jean-François Leblanc
Simon