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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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.
Luis Cañizares
Writer
Clara Linhart
Director
Letícia Simões
Writer
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
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
My Mom Jayne79%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Public Speaking70%
180° South72%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Sherman's March67%
McQueen74%
Being James Bond77%
Sidney70%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
Cameraperson67%
Maternal Instinct71%
La Casa de Papel: el fenómeno74%
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes76%
Above Majestic73%
Baraka82%
