Taxi Blues | |
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Directed by | Pavel Lungin |
Written by | Pavel Lungin |
Produced by | Mark Gekht Aleksandr Golutva Pierre Rival |
Starring |
Pyotr Mamonov Pyotr Zaychenko Vladimir Kashpur, Natalya Kolyakanova |
Cinematography | Denis Yevstigneyev |
Edited by | Elisabeth Guido |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
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]
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.
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]