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A small town in the central west of Venezuela. The year is 1978; Ramón, the only taxi driver in town, dedicates his free time to his only hobby: his shortwave radio. Door to the long and wide world, the radio, his hobby, is misunderstood by the other inhabitants of the town. Much more so when Ramón announces that he has established a friendship with the King of Spain. It is a short film by the Venezuelan director Carolina Vila, a production by the American Triternal Studios, the Venezuelan Xenon Films and the producer Pedro Mezquita, with financing from the National Autonomous Center of Cinematography, CNAC
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Released
Original Language
EN
The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs tells the Driver about the horrors he saw as a photographer, but he regrets his inability to help war victims. Jacobs answers the driver curiosity about why he is a photographer by saying how his mother taught him to see. He gives the Driver the film needed for a New York Times story and also his dog tags to give to his mother. When they reach the border, they are confronted by a guard who begins to draw arms as Jacobs begins taking pictures, trying to get himself killed. The Driver drives through a hail of gunfire to the border, but finds Jacobs killed by a bullet through the seat. The Driver arrives in America to visit Jacobs' mother and share the news of him winning the Pulitzer prize and hand over the dog tags, only to discover that she is blind.
