Taxi Blues
1990 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,061 VOTES · DIR. Pavel Lungin
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,048 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:42 Where are the Italians?
00:06:28 To Friazino.
00:09:36 Too bad.
00:14:35 I´m broke.
00:18:10 You´re so cheap. You play at funerals?
00:23:06 Where´s that coffee?
00:27:35 You dance, too?
00:30:23 Be nice. Then we´ll be even.
00:36:20 He flooded three floors.
00:39:30 You nuts?
00:42:51 Dirty fascist!
00:45:09 What did I do?
00:50:17 You haven´t put in a full day.
00:52:37 Okay, l´ll wash it! I´ll wash it! I´ll wash it!
00:56:45 I´ll show you.
01:01:58 I asked Lyuda to leave it for me, and she did.
01:06:48 Lyosha, give us some of it!
01:13:59 But the sergeant was a nice guy.
01:17:28 Know who he is?
01:21:11 I want to toast...
01:23:39 This rotten closet.
01:27:28 Lyosha, wait!
01:31:06 You don´t love me.
12:00:00 and the assemblymen.
Cast & Characters
Pyotr Mamonov
Lyosha
Pyotr Zaychenko
Shlykov
Vladimir Kashpur
Old Nechiporenko
Natalya Kolyakanova
Christina
Hal Singer
Self
Elena Safonova
Nina, Liocha's Wife
Sergey Gazarov
Administrator
Evgeniy Gerchakov
Bald Musician in the Taxi
Dmitri Prigov
Writer Typing in the Train
Igor Zolotovitskiy
Petyunchik
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,048
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:02:42
Final line12:00:00
Production Record
DirectorPavel Lungin
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes2,061