Taxi

Apr 15, 2015

1h 21m

★ 7.0

Overview

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…

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Jafar Panahi Productions

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Cast

Self

Jafar Panahi

Self

Hana Saeidi

Woman with roses

Nasrin Sotoudeh

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Taxi

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