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La Manuela (2017)
Directed by Clara Linhart
Documentary · 1h 24m
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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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
M
Manuela Picq Lavinas
Self
C
Carlos Pérez Guartambel
Self
L
Lena Lavinas
Self
Hildete Pereira de Melo
Self
L
Lúcia Mugayar
Self
S
Sonia Correa
Self
B
Bila Sorj
Self
C
Celina de Farias
Self
F
Francisco das Chagas Felix de Lima
Self
M
Maria das Neves Gaudêncio
Self
D
Denise Gentil
Self
I
Ivo Lesbaupin
Self
Crew
- Director
- Clara Linhart
- Writer
- Luis Cañizares, Letícia Simões
- Editor
- Juliana Guanais
- Producer
- Chaiana Furtado, Paula Horta
Details
- Release date
- 2017-11-10
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Canal Brasil, Gamarosa Filmes, Luzca