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Mood:
- ContemplativeDisturbingStylized
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Plot:
- Musician's LifeOdd CoupleUnlikely PartnersPsychologicalFriendshipAlcohol AbuseArtists and ShowbizLifestyle more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- 80s
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Place:
- RussiaUSA
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedGroundbreakingCannes Festival Winner
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Taxi Blues, 1990
Russian
Soviet Union, France
Profile of Taxi Blues
The mood of Taxi Blues is contemplative, disturbing, and stylized. The plot centers around alcohol abuse, unlikely partners, and an odd couple. It is a drama and foreign movie. In approach, Taxi Blues is serious and realistic. The setting is Russia and the USA. It happens in the 1980s. Taxi Blues is known for being groundbreaking, a Cannes festival winner, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Taxi Blues
This ironic look at daily life in Russia's black market economy centers on a workaholic taxi driver pushed to break out of his self-imposed limitations by an irritating -- but fancy-free -- Jazz musician. Winner, Best Director, Cannes Film Festival.
Details
| Language: | Russian |
| Country: | Soviet Union, France |
| Release date: | 1 October 1990 |
| Runtime: | 110 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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