''Taxi Blues'' (russian: Такси-блюз,
translit. Taksi-Blyuz) is a 1990 Soviet
drama film
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directed by
Pavel Lungin
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. It was entered into the
1990 Cannes Film Festival
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The festival opened with '' Dreams'', directed by Akira Kurosawa and closed with ''The Comfort of Strangers'', directed by Pau ...
where Lungin won the award for
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.
The film was selected as the Soviet entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
63rd Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
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.
Cast
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Pyotr Mamonov as Lyosha
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Pyotr Zaychenko
Pyotr Petrovich Zaychenko (russian: Пётр Петрович Зайченко; 1 April 1943 – 21 March 2019) was a Soviet-born Russian film and theater actor. as Shlykov
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Vladimir Kashpur
Vladimir Terentyevich Kashpur (; October 26, 1926 – October 17, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Severka, Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in '' Ballad of a Soldier'' and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladim ...
as Old Nechiporenko
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Natalya Kolyakanova as Christina
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Hal Singer
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Early life
Harold Joseph Singer was born in Greenwood District, Tul ...
as himself
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Yelena Safonova
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as Nina, Liocha's Wife
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Sergei Gazarov
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as Administrator
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Yevgeni Gerchakov Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include:
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as Bald Musician in the Taxi
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Dmitri Prigov
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович При́гов, 5 November 1940 in Moscow – 16 July 2007 in Moscow[Igor Zolotovitsky
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* ...]
as Petyunchik
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Valeri Khlevinsky as Fat Kolya
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Yelena Stepanova as Smart Young Girl
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Vladimir Sterzhakov
Vladimir Alexandrovich Sterzhakov (russian: Владимир Александрович Стержаков; born June 6, 1959) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and cinema.
Biography
Since 1981 to 2001 he worked at the Moscow Art Theater ...
as Musician in the Taxi
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Konstantin Afonsky as Long-Haired Mechanic
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Aleksandr Buyanov as Passenger with Newspaper
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Lidiya Yezhevskaya as 'Mousy' Valya
Reception
''Taxi Blues'' has an approval rating of 83% on
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website
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, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10.
See also
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References
External links
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1990 films
1990 drama films
1990s Russian-language films
Films directed by Pavel Lungin
Films about taxis
Films set in Moscow
Films shot in Moscow
Films set in the Soviet Union
Jazz films
Russian drama films
Soviet drama films
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