Taksi-Blyuz
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.
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Directed by
Pavel Lungin
Cast
Pyotr Nikolajevitch Mamonov - Liocha
Piotr Zaitchenko - Schlikov
Vladimir Kachpour - Old Netchiporenko
Natalia Koliakanova - Christina
Hal Singer - Himself
Elena Saphonva - Nina--Liocha's Wife
Serguei Gazarov - Administrator
Evgueni Gortchakov - Bald Musician in the Taxi
Dimitri Prigov - Writer Typing in the Train
Igor Zolotovitsky - Petiountchik
Valery Klevinsky - Fat Kolia
Elena Stepanova - Smart Young Girl
Vladimir Sterjakov - Musician in the Taxi
Constantin Aphonsky - Long-Haired Mechanic
Alexandre Bouianov - Passenger With Newspaper
Lydia Ejevskaya - "Mousy" Valia
Nicolai Ejevsky - Guardian
Serguei Galkine - Hippy
Production Co.
Marin Karmitz Productions
Lenfilm Studios
Ask Eurofilm
La Sept
Produced by
Pierre Rival
Marin Karmitz
Studio
Kuzui Enterprises
Writer
Pavel Lungin
Music
Vladimir Chekassine
