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Metal and Melancholy (1994)

Original title: Metaal en melancholie

1994-03-31 · 1h 20m · NL
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Peru is made of metal and melancholy

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.

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Heddy HonigmannDirector, WriterPeter DelpeutWriter

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Jorge Rodríguez PazJorge Rodríguez PazHimself - Taxi driver

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Woman directorTaxiPeruCab driverLima

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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinityWoman Director · Taxi · PeruPacingShortDirector preference520028Actor preference871633Country preferenceNl

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What is Metal and Melancholy about?

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.

How long is Metal and Melancholy?

Metal and Melancholy has a runtime of 80 minutes.

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