Erich Wildpret Mariano Alvarez Alejo Felipe Juan Carlos Alarcon Juan Manuel Montesinos Manuel Salazar Isabel Herrera Manuela Saenz is a historical biography movie directed by Diego Risquez, with a script by Leonardo Padron.
[2] 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 Simon Bolivar, is still alive.
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 Bolivar's betrayal and death[3] The movie currently has a score of 6.5/10 on the cinema website IMDb.
The principal lead cast have good chemistry and retells the history of love between Simon Bolivar and Manuelita Saenz.