Taxi Blues
| Taxi Blues | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| 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]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
- Sergey 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Review/Film; Harshness of Soviet Life In Lungin's 'Taxi Blues'". New York Times.
- ^ "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
[edit]- Taxi Blues at IMDb
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