Manuela Filming Locations
Where was Manuela filmed? Manuela was filmed in 8 locations across Argentina, Italy, United States and Spain in the following places:
Manuela Filming Locations
Buenos Aires is Argentina’s big, cosmopolitan capital city. Its center is the Plaza de Mayo, lined with stately 19th-century buildings including Casa Rosada, the iconic, balconied presidential palace. Other major attractions include Teatro Colón, a grand 1908 opera house with nearly 2,500 seats, and the modern MALBA museum, displaying Latin American art.
Genoa (Genova) is a port city and the capital of northwest Italy's Liguria region. It's known for its central role in maritime trade over many centuries. In the old town stands the Romanesque Cathedral of San Lorenzo, with its black-and-white-striped facade and frescoed interior. Narrow lanes open onto monumental squares like Piazza de Ferrari, site of an iconic bronze fountain and Teatro Carlo Felice opera house.
Los Angeles is a sprawling Southern California city and the center of the nation’s film and television industry. Near its iconic Hollywood sign, studios such as Paramount Pictures, Universal and Warner Brothers offer behind-the-scenes tours. On Hollywood Boulevard, TCL Chinese Theatre displays celebrities’ hand- and footprints, the Walk of Fame honors thousands of luminaries and vendors sell maps to stars’ homes.
Madrid, Spain's central capital, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. It’s renowned for its rich repositories of European art, including the Prado Museum’s works by Goya, Velázquez and other Spanish masters. The heart of old Hapsburg Madrid is the portico-lined Plaza Mayor, and nearby is the baroque Royal Palace and Armory, displaying historic weaponry.
Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune named Comune di Roma Capitale.
Santa Monica is a coastal city west of downtown Los Angeles. Santa Monica Beach is fringed by Palisades Park, with views over the Pacific Ocean. Santa Monica Pier is home to the Pacific Park amusement park, historic Looff Hippodrome Carousel and Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Next to the pier is Muscle Beach, an outdoor gym established in the 1930s. In the city center, Bergamot Station houses several art galleries.
Sestriere is a resort in Italy’s western Alps, near the French border. It’s part of the Vialattea ski area, with dozens of slopes hosting major competitions. The challenging Kandahar Banchetta Giovanni Nasi is an Olympic-level piste running from Mount Motta to Mount Banchetta. Nearby, the forested Val Troncea Natural Park is home to Alpine flora, including edelweiss, plus golden eagles and the goat-like chamois.
Manuela (1991)
In 1950s , in a small Italian village on Sicily, the young Bernarda and Corrado fall in love. Because of the enmity with her families they could not marry. Bernarda gives birth to her daughter Isabel, and, dishonored, leaves her motherland for Argentina, where her daughter was adopted by Mme. Guerrero. Corrado also was forced to leave Italy because of the persecution from Bernarda's family. He also came to Argentina where he married Mercedes and, 10 years after the birth of Isabel, was born another his daughter - Manuela. Manuela grows in a happy family, while Isabel after the death of Mme. Guerrero is unhappy. She just has discovered that her real mother is a servant, and all the family wealth is ruined. She can't accept Bernarda as the mother but admits help and forced to follow her advice. Therefore she marries a very rich man, Fernando Salinas, who fell in love with her, but she hides all her past. And it is only the first deception, made by Isabel and Bernarda...Other (very big) lies come.... When Manuela has grown, her face becomes the same as the face of Isabel. After Corrado has died, Manuela travels to Italy where she meets Fernando who makes the business there, and between them an enthusiastic love blooms. Isabel tries to save her marriage. But soon an accident on the river (in Delta) occurs, and because of the error in the identification of the body of another woman Isabel is declared as dead. Fernando marries Manuela, who is identical in face to his first wife. Meanwhile Isabel survives after the accident, but her very beautiful face is completely destructed - she looks like a beast, and her voice completely changes. She is constantly wearing the mask to hide her face. One night she returns to the Salinas family house and Bernarda at the first time do not recognizes her. Then she discovers that she has a sister who has occupied her place in the life of Fernando. With a help from Bernarda, Isabel hides in the house and decides to convert the life of Manuela into the hell...