Taxi and Telephone

Name: Taxi and Telephone
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 1 hr 16 min
Cast: Gulmira Tursunbaeva, Asylbek Ozubekov, Kanat Mamyrkanov

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NR 1 hr 16 min

It is a rainy day in the fardistant 1960s A lone taxi stands outside a telephone booth at the bus station in the city of Frunze waiting for passengers The taxi pulls out only when full or if someone pays for the entire car Everyone who approaches the taxi tries to place a call to a loved one and thus we learn different stories One passenger Zoja is escaping to her parents house fleeing her husband who is cheating on her with a friend of hers Two passengers who are in transit are debating about a classmate Muhtar and his wife Mahabat will he recognize them welcome them into his house as latenight guests The discussion blossoms into a true drama The taxi driver makes a call home too to say goodbye to his wife and ask what to bring his newborn son from faroff Osh During the night we learn about the tragedies and joys of the passengers and phone booth users

StarringGulmira TursunbaevaAsylbek OzubekovKanat Mamyrkanov

DirectorErnest Abdyjaparov

WriterErnest Abdyjaparov

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