The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- François LabontéDirector
- Gerald WexlerWriter
Cast
- 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
Themes
anarchistanarchyanarchism