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Status
Released
Release
2017
Runtime
1h 24m
LA MANUELA is a movie about exile and self-reinvention. In august 2015, Manuela Lavinas Picq, a french-brazilian journalist and university professor, was arrested at a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador. That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody. Manuela was forced to leave Ecuador, where she had lived for the last decade, losing her home, work and lover. This film tells the trajectory of an activist who defends the causes of indigenous peoples with a lot of identity.
18 Cast Members
Manuela Picq Lavinas
Self
Carlos Pérez Guartambel
Self
Lena Lavinas
Self
Hildete Pereira de Melo
Self
Lúcia Mugayar
Self
Sonia Correa
Self
Bila Sorj
Self
Celina de Farias
Self
Francisco das Chagas Felix de Lima
Self
Maria das Neves Gaudêncio
Self
Denise Gentil
Self
Ivo Lesbaupin
Self
Antonio Carlos de Souza Lima
Self
Robert Linhart
Self
Chimaway López
Self
Markel Thomas
Self
Antonia Carcelén
Self
Victoria Maillo de Aguilera
Self
