The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 4,443 2010s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
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…
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
493 audience votes
Key crew
- Jafar PanahiScreenplay
- Jafar PanahiDirector
Cast
- Jafar PanahiSelf
- Hana SaeidiSelf
- Nasrin SotoudehWoman with roses
- Majid PanahiCinema Student (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
taxitaxi driverpassengerteheran (tehran), iranmockumentarypovertyiranfake documentarysubjective camerafound footagecensorshipmetaphor
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