Taxi Blues

Oct 17, 1990

1h 50m

★ 6.1

Overview

Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Ask Soviet-American Films

MK2 Films

La Sept Cinéma

Lenfilm

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Cast

Lyosha

Pyotr Mamonov

Shlykov

Pyotr Zaychenko

Christina

Natalya Kolyakanova

Nina

Elena Safonova

Old Nechiporenko

Vladimir Kashpur

Administrator

Sergey Gazarov

Petyunchik

Igor Zolotovitsky

Musician in the Taxi

Vladimir Sterzhakov

Hippy

Sergey Galkin

musician in the taxi

Evgeniy Gerchakov

writer

Dmitriy Prigov

Kolya

Valeri Khlevinsky

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