Taxi Tehran Review

5/5

Another cracking film on Mubi. Not sure if it's called "Taxi Tehran" or just "Taxi" but it's wonderful. Director Jafar Panahi circumvents being banned from filmmaking by seemingly filming the whole thing from his taxi dashcam. Random strangers share stories on their journeys, only they're really actors. A lovely pace and tone. Particularly poignant given the current war and violence.

I seem to give all my films 5 stars but I think it's because I'm only moved to blog about them if they are brilliant. Into my top 100 at the expense of Peter Sellers' Being There (sorry). Please watch.

Cast
  • Jafar Panahi as Self
  • Hana Saeidi as Self
  • Nasrin Sotoudeh as Woman with roses
  • Majid Panahi as Cinema Student (uncredited)
Crew
  • Jafar Panahi — Screenplay
  • Jafar Panahi — Producer
  • Jafar Panahi — Director
  • Jafar Panahi — Music
  • Jafar Panahi — Director of Photography
  • Jafar Panahi — Editor
  • Detlef Halaski — Sound Re-Recording Mixer
  • Alireza Alavian — Sound Designer
  • Jafar Panahi — Sound Mixer
  • Massoumeh Lahidji — Music
  • Jafar Panahi — Story
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