A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…
Direction
Panahi directing while driving, banned from filmmaking by his own government.
Writing
Seamless blend of scripted and real — you'll never know which is which.
Production
Shot entirely in a car, smuggled to Cannes on a flash drive.
Director
Jafar Panahi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Panahi was officially banned from filmmaking for 20 years when he made this — his third film defying the ban, shot with no crew and a dashboard camera.
The 'woman with roses' is real-life human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, later imprisoned; her appearance here is essentially evidence of a crime.
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