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 |
|
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. 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. The film tells the story of 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.