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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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.
- Date of release
- 2017-11-10
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Clara Linhart
Casting
- 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
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