La Manuela
2017, Spanish. Directed by Clara Linhart.
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 That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody.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.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 10 November 2017
- Country
- Brazil
- Written by
- Luis Cañizares, Letícia Simões
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La Manuela runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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La Manuela isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 November 2017. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like La Manuela?
If you liked La Manuela, try My Mom Jayne, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
Who directed La Manuela?
La Manuela (2017) was directed by Clara Linhart and stars Manuela Picq Lavinas, Carlos Pérez Guartambel, Lena Lavinas.