Taxi Blues

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Taxi Blues

Film poster
Directed by Pavel Lungin
Produced by Mark Gekht
Aleksandr Golutva
Pierre Rival
Written by Pavel Lungin
Starring Pyotr Mamonov
Cinematography Denis Yevstigneyev
Editing by Elisabeth Guido
Release dates
  • 7 September 1990 (1990-09-07)
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]

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

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Taxi Blues". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 

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