Manas

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• Location: Filmhuis Den Haag

Sensitive and powerful resistance by thirteen-year-old Tielle to the system that oppresses her and all women. A co-production of Walter Salles and the Dardenne Brothers and winner of the directing prize at the Veniceë Film Festival and the Grand Jury Fiction Prize at Movies That Matter.

Deep in Brazil’s Amazon, Tielle dreams of a life far from home, inspired by her sister who left the jungle years ago. As she grows older, the illusions she clings to begin to crumble, and her once-safe home life turns into something far darker. During a secret trip aboard a passing cargo ship, Tielle catches a glimpse of the longed-for outside world — but it, too, holds dangers. Determined to protect herself, her younger sister, and all the other women in the community, she risks everything to break the traditions that humiliate and oppress them.

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