Taxi Blues (1990)

Original title

Такси-блюз

Directed by

Pavel Lungin

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Soviet Union, France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

10

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In late Soviet Moscow, a hard-working taxi driver picks up a drunk saxophonist and their encounter spirals into a strange and combative friendship. The two men clash over class and values but slowly find they share more than they ever expected.

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What happens

Taxi Blues (Russian: Такси-блюз, translit. Taksi-Blyuz) is a 1990 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Pavel Lungin. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival where Lungin won the award for Best Director. The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film tells the story of Shlykov, a hard-working taxi driver and Lyosha, a saxophonist, develop a bizarre love-hate relationship, and despite their prejudices, realize they are not so different after all. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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