movie
La Manuela
TMDBNov 10, 2017
TraktFeb 12, 2026
Encontra a tua Casa.
Trakt7
DirectorClara Linhart
Runtime
1h 24m
Status
Released
Language
Spanish
Country
Brazil
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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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.
