La Manuela (2017)
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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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.
- Released
- 2017-11-10
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Clara Linhart
Cast
- Manuela Picq Lavinas as Self
- Carlos Pérez Guartambel as Self
- Lena Lavinas as Self
- Hildete Pereira de Melo as Self
- Lúcia Mugayar as Self
- Sonia Correa as Self
- Bila Sorj as Self
- Celina de Farias as Self
- Francisco das Chagas Felix de Lima as Self
- Maria das Neves Gaudêncio as Self
- Denise Gentil as Self
- Ivo Lesbaupin as Self
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