Movie·2000·1h 37m
Manuela SĂĄenz
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6.7
Synopsis
In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela SĂĄenz, for eight years the lover of SimĂłn BolĂvar, is still alive. He calls on her, and although she will not talk to him about her life, his visit sends her to her chest of BolĂvar's letters. As she reads them, the sepia-toned present gives way to flashbacks in color: she meets 'the Liberator' in 1822, becomes his lover, and also becomes a colonel in his military movement to realize the 'Gran Colombia', one nation across South America. As plague (brought by the ship) closes in on Manuela's household, so does her tempestuous story move toward BolĂvar's betrayal and death.
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