La Manuela

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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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

• Release date
• November 10, 2017
• Runtime
• 84 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Clara Linhart

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