Taxi Blues
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 drama film directed by Pavel Lungin. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival where Lungin won the award for Best Director.[1] 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.[2]
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
- as Christina
- Hal Singer as Himself
- Yelena Safonova as Nina, Liocha's Wife
- as Administrator
- as Bald Musician in the Taxi
- Dmitri Prigov as Writer Typing in the Train
- as Petyunchik
- Valeri Khlevinsky as Fat Kolya
- as Smart Young Girl
- Vladimir Sterzhakov as Musician in the Taxi
- as Long-Haired Mechanic
- as Passenger with Newspaper
- 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.[3]
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Soviet submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Taxi Blues". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ "Taksi-Blyuz (Taxi Blues) (1990)". Retrieved 4 December 2020 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
External links[]
- Taxi Blues at IMDb
Categories:
- 1990 films
- Russian-language films
- 1990 drama films
- Soviet films
- Films directed by Pavel Lungin
- Films about taxis
- Films set in Moscow
- Films shot in Moscow
- Films set in the Soviet Union
- Jazz films
- Russian drama films
- Soviet drama films
- Russian films
- Soviet film stubs
- 1990s film stubs