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Manuela Sáenz

In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela Sáenz, for eight years the lover of Simón Bolívar, 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 Bolívar'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 Bolívar's betrayal and death.

Top Cast

  • Beatriz Valdés

    Beatriz Valdés

    Manuela

  • Mariano Álvarez

    Mariano Álvarez

    Simón Bolívar

  • Erich Wildpret

    Erich Wildpret

    Herman Melville

  • Orlando Urdaneta

    Orlando Urdaneta

  • Alejo Felipe

    Alejo Felipe

  • Asdrúbal Meléndez

    Asdrúbal Meléndez

  • Juan Carlos Alarcón

    Juan Carlos Alarcón

  • Manuel Salazar

    Manuel Salazar

  • Juan Manuel Montesinos

    Juan Manuel Montesinos

Overview

In 1856, a whaler arrives in Paita, Peru; on board is Herman Melville, who is astonished to learn that Manuela Sáenz, for eight years the lover of Simón Bolívar, 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 Bolívar'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 Bolívar's betrayal and death.

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