Taxi

Taxi

78 minutes
2015
Iran Drama

Freedom does not need a taximeter. Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies by the Iranian government, he poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran. A day with a taxi driver in Teheran. A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

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2015
Iran Drama

Freedom does not need a taximeter.

Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies by the Iranian government, he poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.

A day with a taxi driver in Teheran. A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

Creators

Jafar Panahi

Cast

Jafar Panahi

Trailer

Awards

Won Nominated
Award
2015
MFF Berlinale
Zlatý medvěd
Award
2016
César
Nejlepší zahraniční film
Award
2016
MFF San Sebastián
FIPRESCI - film roku