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Taxi Blues

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Taxi Blues
Film poster
Directed byPavel Lungin
Written byPavel Lungin
Produced byMark Gekht
Aleksandr Golutva
Pierre Rival
StarringPyotr Mamonov
Pyotr Zaychenko
Vladimir Kashpur, Natalya Kolyakanova
CinematographyDenis Yevstigneyev
Edited byElisabeth Guido
Release date
  • 7 September 1990 (1990-09-07)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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

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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

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Reception

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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

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References

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  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.
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