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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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

• Luis CañizaresWriter
• Clara LinhartDirector
• Letícia SimõesWriter

• Manuela Picq LavinasSelf
• Carlos Pérez GuartambelSelf
• Lena LavinasSelf
• Hildete Pereira de MeloSelf
• Lúcia MugayarSelf
• Sonia CorreaSelf
• Bila SorjSelf
• Celina de FariasSelf
• Francisco das Chagas Felix de LimaSelf
• Maria das Neves GaudêncioSelf
• Denise GentilSelf
• Ivo LesbaupinSelf