La Manuela
November 10, 2017
1h 24m
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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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.
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Cast
Manuela Picq Lavinas
SelfCarlos Pérez Guartambel
SelfLena Lavinas
Self
Hildete Pereira de Melo
SelfLúcia Mugayar
SelfSonia Correa
SelfBila Sorj
SelfCelina de Farias
SelfFrancisco das Chagas Felix de Lima
SelfMaria das Neves Gaudêncio
SelfDenise Gentil
SelfIvo Lesbaupin
SelfAntonio Carlos de Souza Lima
SelfRobert Linhart
SelfChimaway López
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