An unlikely bond forms between a burly, anti-Semitic taxi driver and a birdlike Jewish jazz musician after a night out in Moscow. When Lyosha drunkely stumbles off without paying his taxi fare, the vengeful and volatile driver Shlykov tracks him down to pay off his debt. A tragicomic cycle of events continues to bind the odd duo together amid increasing social turmoil in the twilight years of the communist empire.
The winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes as well as the Soviet Union's penultimate foreign-language entry to the Oscars and Golden Globes,
TAXI BLUES is an unflinching satire of society on the brink and a wry portrait of male obsession.
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