Metal and Melancholy (1994)

03/31/1994 (NL) • Documentary • 1h 20m

Peru is made of metal and melancholy

Overview

This documentary is an offbeat "road movie" in which acclaimed documentarian Heddy Honigmann travels with, and thereby discovers the stories of, taxi drivers in Lima. In the early 1990s, in response to Peru's inflationary economy and a government destabilized by corruption and Shining Path terrorism, many middle-class professionals used their own cars to moonlight as taxi drivers in order to weather the financial crisis.

Metal and Melancholy (1994)

03/31/1994 (NL) • 1h 20m

Documentary

Peru is made of metal and melancholy

Overview

This documentary is an offbeat "road movie" in which acclaimed documentarian Heddy Honigmann travels with, and thereby discovers the stories of, taxi drivers in Lima. In the early 1990s, in response to Peru's inflationary economy and a government destabilized by corruption and Shining Path terrorism, many middle-class professionals used their own cars to moonlight as taxi drivers in order to weather the financial crisis.

Top Billed Cast

Jorge Rodríguez Paz

Himself - Taxi driver

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Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

taxi

peru

cab driver

woman director

lima

lima, peru

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