Taxi (2015)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 22min
- Comedy, Drama
- 15 Apr 2015 (France)
- Movie
Banned from making movies by the Iranian government, Jafar Panahi poses as a taxi driver and makes a movie about social challenges in Iran.
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- 8 wins & 8 nominations.
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Jafar Panahi
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Hana Saeidi | ... |
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| Nasrin Sotoudeh | ... |
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Written by
| Jafar Panahi | ... | () |
Produced by
| Jafar Panahi | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Jafar Panahi | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Jafar Panahi | ... | (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Detlef Halaski | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Alireza Alavian | ... | sound designer (uncredited) |
| Jafar Panahi | ... | sound mixer (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Massoumeh Lahidji | ... | french adaptation: original version with subtitles (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Moving Turtle (2015) (Lebanon) (Middle East & North Africa)
- Arthouse (2015) (Russia) (theatrical)
- CDI Films (2015) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Cine Colombia (2015) (Colombia) (theatrical)
- Cinema (2015) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Golden Scene (2015) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Imagine Films Distribution (2015) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Koch Lorber Films (2015) (United States) (theatrical) (as 'Jafar Panahi's Taxi')
- Memento Films (2015) (France) (theatrical)
- Wanda Visión S.A. (2015) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Weltkino Filmverleih (2015) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Cine Canibal (2015) (Mexico)
- Filmcoopi Zürich (2015) (Switzerland)
- Kino Lorber (2015) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Jafar Panahi's Taxi') (subtitled)
- Midas Filmes (2015) (Portugal)
- Remain In Light (2015) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Remain In Light (2015) (Netherlands) (video) (VOD)
- Solopan (2015) (Poland)
- Feelgood Entertainment (2016) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Maison Motion (2016) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- Canibal Networks (2016) (Mexico)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2016) (Argentina) (DVD) (subtitled version)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2016) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
- Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA) (2016) (Netherlands) (tv) (NPO2)
- Synca Creations (2017) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Celluloid Dreams (2015) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2015) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Alliance Media & Entertainment (2018) (India) (All Rights for SAARC countries)
- Scanbox Entertainment (2016) (Finland) (DVD)
- The Criterion Channel (2020) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2018) (Finland) (tv)
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- L.V.T. (french subtitles: original version with subtitles)
Storyline
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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. Written by Guy Bellinger |
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Did You Know?
| 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." See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Episode 547: The Revenant and Best of 2015 (2016). See more » |
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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. See more » |