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 are not so different after all.
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Plot
Shlykov, a hard-working taxi driver and Lyosha, a saxophonist, develop a bizarre love-hate relationship, and despite their prejudices, realize they are not 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
Sergey Gazarov as Administrator
Yevgeni Gerchakov as Bald Musician in the Taxi
Dmitri Prigov as Writer Typing in the Train
Igor Zolotovitskiy 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
Reception
Taxi Blues has an approval rating of 71% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10.
