Metal and Melancholy

Summary In 1992, Peru was just emerging from one of its darkest moments in its entire republican history (1821- onwards). A cataclysmic economic meltdown and over 10 years of death and conflict brought upon by the Sendero Luminoso guerrilla had left deep scars in the Peruvian population. Furthermore, Alberto Fujimori had just dissolved the congress and senate in order to obtain extraordinary faculties and implement harsh economic measures. It is amidst this critical moment in the history of Perú that filmmaker Heddy Honigmann chronicles the views and lives of 14 real life taxi drivers in Lima. They represent the perseverance and ingenuity with which the everyday man survived and overcame the turbulence of the times in order to achieve advancement for themselves and their families. View more details

Metal and Melancholy

Directed : Heddy Honigmann

Written : Heddy Honigmann Peter Delpeut

Stars : Jorge Rodríguez Paz Víctor Talledo Señor English Mercedes Aguilar

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Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Mar 30, 1994

Countries of origin : Netherlands

Language : Spanish

Filming locations : Lima, Peru

Production companies : Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS) Pieter Van Huystee Film and Television Ariel Film

Summary In 1992, Peru was just emerging from one of its darkest moments in its entire republican history (1821- onwards). A cataclysmic economic meltdown and over 10 years of death and conflict brought upon by the Sendero Luminoso guerrilla had left deep scars in the Peruvian population. Furthermore, Alberto Fujimori had just dissolved the congress and senate in order to obtain extraordinary faculties and implement harsh economic measures. It is amidst this critical moment in the history of Perú that filmmaker Heddy Honigmann chronicles the views and lives of 14 real life taxi drivers in Lima. They represent the perseverance and ingenuity with which the everyday man survived and overcame the turbulence of the times in order to achieve advancement for themselves and their families. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Mar 30, 1994

Countries of origin : Netherlands

Language : Spanish

Filming locations : Lima, Peru

Production companies : Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS) Pieter Van Huystee Film and Television Ariel Film

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