La Manuela

2017 84 min

Overview

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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Brazil

Spoken Languages

English en
French fr
Portuguese pt
Spanish es

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Cast

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

Crew

Chaiana Furtado

Producer

Paula Horta

Producer

Luis Cañizares

Writer

Clara Linhart

Director

Letícia Simões

Writer

Posters

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