Metal and Melancholy (1994)
Metal and Melancholy (1994)
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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Jorge Rodríguez Paz Jorge Rodríguez Paz As: Himself - Taxi driver
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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.


Tagline: Peru is made of metal and melancholy
Certification: 12

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Genres: Documentary

Language: Español

Release Date: 31 March 1994

Country: NL

Runtime: 80m

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Company: Ariel Film

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Jorge Rodríguez Paz

Jorge Rodríguez Paz

Himself - Taxi driver

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Stef Tijdink

Stef Tijdink

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