Taxi Blues

1990 film

  • 7 September 1990 (1990-09-07)
Running time
110 minutesCountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

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.[1][2] 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.[3]

Plot

Shlykov, a hard-working taxi driver and Lyosha, a saxophonist, develop a bizarre love-hate relationship, and despite their prejudices, realize they aren't so different after all.

Cast

  • Pyotr Mamonov as Lyosha
  • Pyotr Zaychenko as Shlykov
  • Vladimir Kashpur as Old Nechiporenko
  • Natalya Kolyakanova as Christina
  • Hal Singer as himself
  • Yelena Safonova as Nina, Liocha's Wife
  • Sergei Gazarov as Administrator
  • Yevgeni Gerchakov as Bald Musician in the Taxi
  • Dmitri Prigov as Writer Typing in the Train
  • Igor Zolotovitsky as Petyunchik
  • Valeri Khlevinsky as Fat Kolya
  • Yelena Stepanova as Smart Young Girl
  • Vladimir Sterzhakov as Musician in the Taxi
  • Konstantin Afonsky as Long-Haired Mechanic
  • Aleksandr Buyanov as Passenger with Newspaper
  • Lidiya Yezhevskaya as 'Mousy' Valya

Reception

Taxi Blues has an approval rating of 83% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Review/Film; Harshness of Soviet Life In Lungin's 'Taxi Blues'". New York Times.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Taxi Blues". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. ^ "Taksi-Blyuz (Taxi Blues) (1990)". Retrieved 4 December 2020 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.

External links

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Films directed by Pavel Lungin
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