Taxi
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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2015
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Hamburg, mid 80s, Alex is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything and everything, people smoke all the time, and not just cigarettes. Alex wants love and freedom and sleeps with Dietrich. It's far from being love, but the sex is okay. With Marc, a little person full of dignity, she finds more than that. The rest is struggles with her passengers, the indifferent and the doomed, brutes as other nuisances. This sort of life could go on and on, Alex could drive away from her own life and in doing so lose Marc and not getting rid of Dietrich. Wouldn't there be a small monkey with the same invincible desire for freedom as hers.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
94 min
Release date:
20 Aug 2015
Country:
DE
Languages:
German
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
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He looks like he's having a wonderful time, but a sordid reality is never far off: Panahi's films are acts of defiance, and each one could be his last.
– Stephanie Merry,
Washington Post,
15 Oct 2015
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It's an act of defiance that's also a sublime piece of cinema, and it ranks among the director's finest work.
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct 2015
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This spry, sharp and relentlessly clever middle finger to censorship is Panahi's boldest act of defiance to date.
– David Ehrlich,
Time Out,
7 Oct 2015
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[Panahi has] created his most accessible nonfilm yet.
– Bob Mondello,
NPR,
5 Oct 2015
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The film feels as spontaneous and digressive as a Charles Mingus composition, and just as paradoxically light and dense.
– Tina Hassannia,
Globe and Mail,
2 Oct 2015