#48. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi (2015)
April 1, 2021
– Director: Jafar Panahi
– Metascore: 91
– Runtime: 82 minutes
The Iranian government banned Jafar Panahi from making films in 2010. To get around the censorship, he posed as a taxi driver to make a funny and captivating movie addressing social issues in Iran. This was Panahi’s third feature he filmed after the ban.
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