Steel Life (2022)
- Original title
- Vida férrea
- Directed by
- Manuel Bauer
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Peru
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- All
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A filmmaker travels across Peru on a freight train, descending from high-altitude mines to the Pacific coast. The documentary blends road movie encounters with a portrait of a country shaped by neo-colonial forces.
observationalcontemplativegroundedatmosphericslow-pacedreflectivesocially awarenaturalistic
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