Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi takes to the streets of Tehran for another playful yet profound musing on the intersection of life and art.
Jafar Panahi's Taxi
Internationally acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (This is Not a Film) drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up a diverse (and yet representative) group of passengers in a single day. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world, while being interviewed by the curious and gracious driver-director. His camera, placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio, captures a spirited slice of Iranian society while also brilliantly redefining the borders of comedy, drama and cinema.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
82
Language
Farsi
Director
Jafar Panahi
Awards:
Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin International Film Festival
Winner, Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice
Jafar Panahi looks happier than he has in a while — and he's getting out. That's encouraging, and it doesn't mean that his latest act of defiance, the film Taxi, isn't bold. Once again creating cinema in spite of Iran's twenty-year edict forbidding him to do so, this most daring of directors, set ...
Played at
Town Center 5 10.09.15 - 10.22.15
Royal 10.09.15 - 10.22.15
Playhouse 7 10.17.15 - 10.25.15
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