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Taxi

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
17K
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Jafar Panahi in Taxi (2015)
When you are a filmmaker and you are not allowed to direct movies any more, you have to retrain. So why not become a taxi driver? Or better, why not pretend you are a taxi driver and make a film despite everything? This is what Jafar Panahi has done. Now he invites you to get into his cab for the price of a cinema ticket, to ride through the streets of Tehran and discover its people in the persons of his various passengers.
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Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.

  • Director
    • Jafar Panahi
  • Writer
    • Jafar Panahi
  • Stars
    • Jafar Panahi
    • Nasrin Sotoudeh
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jafar Panahi
    • Writer
      • Jafar Panahi
    • Stars
      • Jafar Panahi
      • Nasrin Sotoudeh
    • 41User reviews
    • 213Critic reviews
    • 91Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 8 nominations total

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    • Trivia
      Shortly after the film's premiere at Berlin was announced, Jafar Panahi released an official statement in which he promised to continue making films despite the ban and said, "Nothing can prevent me from making films since when being pushed to the ultimate corners I connect with my inner-self and, in such private spaces, despite all limitations, the necessity to create becomes even more of an urge."
    • Quotes

      Nasrin Sotoudeh: They work in a way that let us to know they are watching us.Their tactics are obvious.First, they write you up a police record. Suddenly, you are accused of being an agent for Mossad, The CIA, or MI6. Then they tack on something about your morals, your lifestyle. They make your life into a prison.Although you are released from prison, but the outside world is only a bigger prison.They make your nearest friends into your worst enemies.After that you think all you can do is either leave the country or pray to return to that hole. So i think it's better to let it go.

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      Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 547: The Revenant and Best of 2015 (2016)

    User reviews41

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    9/10

    Panahi might not be a good taxi driver, but he's an excellent filmmaker

    Going into a screening of this film, there are a couple of things an audience should know. In 2010 Jafar Panahi, was arrested for making a film against the Iranian regime. Since then he has not been allowed to make films, leave the country or participate in interviews. Taxi, however, is his third film since the ban, and even though it's filmed entirely within the confined space of a taxi, it shows us the streets of Tehran. We're out in the open, right under the nose of the Iranian government.

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 15, 2015 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Iran
    • Official sites
      • Official Site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • Persian
    • Also known as
      • Jafar Panahi's Taxi
    • Filming locations
      • Tehran, Iran
    • Production companies
      • Jafar Panahi Film Productions
      • Kino Lorber
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $321,642
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $22,531
      • Oct 4, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,906,227
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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