Taxi

Taxi

  • Director: Jafar Panahi
  • Countries of origin: Iran
  • Language: Persian
  • Release date: April 15, 2015
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Also known as: Jafar Panahi's Taxi
  • "Taxi" is a film produced by Jafar Panahi Film Productions and released on February 06, 2015, using a pseudo-documentary approach. Directed and starring by Jafar Panahi.
    The film tells the story of a yellow Taxi driving on the bustling streets of Teheran. All kinds of passengers got on the bus, and each of them answered the driver's questions frankly and frankly.

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    Details

    • Release date April 15, 2015
    • Filming locations Tehran, Iran
    • Production companies Jafar Panahi Film Productions, Kino Lorber

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $321,642

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $22,531

    Gross worldwide

    $3,906,227

    Movie reviews

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    • By Vinnie 2022-04-20 09:02:20

      fake documentary

      In fact, it's a pseudo-documentary. It's obviously staged. Just ask a taxi driver if you have such a wonderful day.
      Just the angle is more creative.
      I haven't seen many Iranian films, but the Iranians in each film love bibi very much, and they like to discuss morality and beliefs. They are full of trivial daily life, and they are very noisy. So the Arab world is still a feudal society that can only fight with bibi under moral oppression.
      When I saw the regulations of the General...

    • By Johathan 2022-04-20 09:02:20

      Iran through the lens of Jafar Panasi

      The director of the film personally drove a taxi to pick up passengers on the streets of Iran. Through the chat of 8 passengers, he exposed an ugly but real Iran for us.

      Female teachers and male thieves argued on whether the death penalty could prevent crimes. Female teachers believed that special circumstances created crimes and that theft was a last resort measure taken by thieves. The death penalty did not address the root cause of the problem. And the male thief insists that he...

    • By Crawford 2022-04-20 09:02:20

      A masterpiece - taxi

      Lying silkworm, at the end, my glasses fell off the floor.

      Thankfully, the final image is presented, and the director is also very capable

      . Is this a documentary? A movie, the cost is too low, but looking at the quality of the picture, the camera equipment should be expensive, and then a taxi, with a regular record of 81 minutes. After watching it, you will come out, the cost of any online micro-movie is higher than this film.

      However, there are so many highlights...

    • By Berenice 2022-04-20 09:02:20

      Is it a discipline film or a movie?

      The works of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear Award have an indescribable feeling after watching them. The word "peculiar" has been lingering in my mind after watching this movie. The film's framing and soundtrack are extremely simple. The whole film did not change the position of the camera, and completed the framing in a narrow taxi. The shooting method It's the easiest movie I've ever seen. The background music is all natural and noisy street scene sounds, plus the...

    • By Aimee 2022-04-20 09:02:20

      Is it a documentary or a movie?

      The works of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear Award have an indescribable feeling after watching them. The word "peculiar" has been lingering in my mind after watching this movie. The film's framing and soundtrack are extremely simple. The whole film did not change the position of the camera, and completed the framing in a narrow taxi. The shooting method It's the easiest movie I've ever seen. The background music is all natural and noisy street scene sounds, plus the...

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    • By Misty 2022-03-29 09:01:07

      Everyone who makes a movie should be rewarded with a bouquet of flowers by...

    • By Vanessa 2022-03-29 09:01:07

      In fact, this recording/private video/or similar shooting method is not a new creation of the director. In my opinion, the award is mainly because it reflects the various characters and ordinary and special lives in Iran, and it is a praise for the love of movies and the courage to express. The most precious thing is the calmness that is not sensational or complaining. There are so many similarities between Iran and the land beneath our feet, whether it is from the cityscape or the land under...

    • By Marge 2022-03-29 09:01:07

      Where was the photo taken in Iran, is it clearly China? In fact, under the complex appearance of society, the underlying things are very...

    • By Kylee 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      3.5 Thinking about it, I still feel like a primary school student's composition, but I can't help...

    • By Tamara 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      No one can stop people from expressing their opinions. Even if you seal his mouth, he will take other forms to say it. The same goes for movies. In the form of a pseudo-documentary, the director recorded the various conditions of life in the imprisoned society, and made a spicy satire on those outdated dogmas through the mouths of the people in the play. The film is not long, but it makes the audience feel very rich and gives people a glimpse of the reality of...

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    As a serious themed work showing the reality of Iranian society, the director did not fall into heavy and preaching clichés. He lifted weights lightly. In the bursts of laughter from the relaxed and humorous audience, he used ordinary people from all walks of life to serve us. Put together a vivid social photo map.
    After all, we couldn't escape from reality. After all the ease, the director left us with a sharp and unexpected black...
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    Movie 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.

    • Jafar Panahi: Those films are already made, those books are already written. You have to look elsewhere, you have to find it for yourself.

    • Jafar Panahi: I think all movies are worth watching. Depends on your taste.