Taxi Blues
Такси-блюз
Release: 1990-10-17
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 6.1
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
France
Production Companies
Ask Soviet-American Films
MK2 Films
La Sept Cinéma
Lenfilm
Cast
Elena Safonova
as Nina
Vladimir Kashpur
as Old Nechiporenko
Sergey Gazarov
as Administrator
Yury Sokolov
Pyotr Mamonov
as Lyosha
Sergey Galkin
as Hippy
Evgeniy Gerchakov
as musician in the taxi
Natalya Kolyakanova
as Christina
Igor Zolotovitsky
as Petyunchik
Vladimir Sterzhakov
as Musician in the Taxi
Yelena Stepanova
as beautiful girl
Yuri Yurchenko
Pyotr Zaychenko
as Shlykov
Valeri Khlevinsky
as Kolya
Lidiya Ezhevskaya
as Valya
Vyacheslav Gorbunchikov
as mechanic from the cab company
Aleksandr Inshakov
as the Mercedes driver
