95min, Peru, 2022
Cinematography: José Luis Salomón
Editor: Clara Martínez Malagelada, Manuel Bauer
Producer: Carlos Cardenas, Alejandro Lazaro
Production Company: TV Cultura, Kilovivo Produciones
Distribution/sales: Filmotor
Synopsis:
Steel Life is journey across Peru aboard a freight train; an incredible descent from the Andes, at an altitude of 4,800 metres, to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Set amidst staggering scenery, Steel Life alternates between a road movie peppered with encounters and the social x-ray of a country victim of the neo-colonial system.
Festivals and Awards:
FIPRESCI AWARD, Visions du Reel, Switzerland
