La Manuela

Clara Linhart
2017-11-10


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84 min

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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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

Cast

Name Character Team
Manuela Picq Lavinas Self Unowned
Carlos Pérez Guartambel Self Unowned
Lena Lavinas Self Unowned
Hildete Pereira de Melo Self Unowned
Lúcia Mugayar Self Unowned
Sonia Correa Self Unowned
Bila Sorj Self Unowned
Celina de Farias Self Unowned
Francisco das Chagas Felix de Lima Self Unowned
Maria das Neves Gaudêncio Self Unowned
Denise Gentil Self Unowned
Ivo Lesbaupin Self Unowned
Antonio Carlos de Souza Lima Self Unowned
Robert Linhart Self Unowned
Chimaway López Self Unowned
Markel Thomas Self Unowned
Antonia Carcelén Self Unowned
Victoria Maillo de Aguilera Self Unowned