Taxi DVD تاکسی

Jafar Panahi Taxi Movie (DVD)

In Farsi language with English subtitles.

تاکسی ـ اثر جدید جعفر پناهی
جعفر پناهی کارگردان معروف ایران دراین
فیلم نقش خودش را که راننده یک تاکسی
در تهران میباشد ایفا میکند و با سوار کردن
مسافرانی از طبقات مختلف جامعه و صحبت
با آنها جامعه ایران امروز را به تصویر میکشد

Taxi ( Jafar Panahi's Taxi; Persian: تاکسی‎‎), also known as Taxi Tehran, is a 2015 Iranian docufiction starring and directed by Jafar Panahi. The film premiered in competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear and the FIPRESCI Prize. In 2010, Panahi was banned from making films and travelling, so his niece Hana Saeidi, who also appears in the film, collected the award on his behalf.

 
Similar to Abbas Kiarostami's A Taste of Cherry (1997) and Ten (2002), Taxi has been described as "a portrait of the Iranian capital Tehran" and as a "documentary-like film is set in a Tehran taxi that is driven by Panahi" with passengers who "candidly confide" to Panahi. According to Jean-Michel Frodon, the passengers include "Men and women, young and old, rich and poor, traditionalists and modernists, pirated video vendors, and advocates of human rights.

Like his previous two films This Is Not a Film and Closed Curtain, the film was made despite Panahi's 20-year ban from making films.  His previous two films had been shot in extreme secrecy in Panahi's apartment and in a private house. In this film Panahi filmed out in the open on the streets of Tehran.

A Superb film. Highly Recommended!

Type: Dulcification, DVD Format

Picture quality: Great

Language:  In Farsi with English subtitles