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Oblivion (2008)

Oblivion (2008)

Documentary
Release Date: 2008, October 23
Directors: Heddy Honigmann
Countries: Netherlands, Peru
Production: Carmen Cobos

Overview:

Heddy Honigmann returns to her birthplace of Lima, Peru to reacquaint herself with a place and people dear to her heart. It is about a forgotten city, a forgotten history and a forgotten people. With irony as their loved weapon for survival, they have to forget as well, in order not to give way to cynicism, hatred and grief. It is about remembering the old days when life - despite class differences, corruption and violence - was still good: waiters, bartenders and shopkeepers who are fighting a losing battle and have lost everything. It is also about the children who manage to survive by mastering the art of street life and who reveal the country in it's true colours. Just like the dogs they share the streets with, they have no good memories to forget.

Keywords:

woman director corruption peru human interest lima