A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 20, 2015
Original Title:
Taxi
Alternate Titles:
Taxi - nach dem Roman von Karen Duve
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
B&T Film
Zinnober Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12|6
Runtime: 94
Hamburg, mid 80s, Alex is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything and everything, people smoke all the time, and not just cigarettes. Alex wants love and freedom and sleeps with Dietrich. It's far from being love, but the sex is okay. With Marc, a little person full of dignity, she finds more than that. The rest is struggles with her passengers, the indifferent and the doomed, brutes as other nuisances. This sort of life could go on and on, Alex could drive away from her own life and in doing so lose Marc and not getting rid of Dietrich. Wouldn't there be a small monkey with the same invincible desire for freedom as hers.
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Co-Producer:
Dieter Zeppenfeld
Jörg Westerkamp
Josef Brandmaier
Frank Evers
Birgit Rothörl
Costume Design:
Katja Waffenschmied
Director:
Kerstin Ahlrichs
Director of Photography:
Sonja Rom
Music:
Florian Tessloff
Michel van Dyke
Novel:
Karen Duve
Producer:
Rudi Teichmann
Screenplay:
Karen Duve
Sound Designer:
Kirsten Kunhardt
Sound Mixer:
Kai Nührmann
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