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Taxi

2015

Jafar Panahi

Documentary, Self: Jafar Panahi, Hana Saeidi, Nasrin Sotudé

6.6

3,934

Documentary. Drama 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…

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is not as angry and painful as his previous work, the samizdat This Is Not a Film, but it is subtle, humorous and humane (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Kevin B. Lee IndieWire	"An essential film of the year, if not the decade. That it's a thoroughly exciting, entertaining and ingenious work of cinema elevates it to the company of all-time greats."	POS
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"Another playful yet profound musing on the intersection of life and art. (...) The result is a film of quiet but profound outrage, laughing on the surface, but howling in anger just beneath."	POS
United Kingdom	Dan Fainaru Screendaily	"This is a delightful surprise, and though it is even more minimalistic than his last two illegal exports, it is also more mature, and better calibrated and more entertaining than the other two. (...) Panahi offers a priceless cinematic lesson."	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Unexpectedly warm, teasing and eye-opening (...) Jafar Panahi continues his personal and artistic resistance struggle against the Iranian film authorities"	POS

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