A young girl, after failing an exam, is forced by her father, a taxi-driver, to learn his profession. Soon she discovers that her father is not only a driver but also a member of a racist group eliminating immigrants, homosexual, transvestite, etc. people. She also falls in love with a boy, also a taxi-driver and a "socio" of the group.
Acting
Rubio's silent horror speaks volumes.
Direction
Saura makes mundane Madrid menacing.
Production
Taxis as mobile confessionals of hate.
Director
Carlos Saura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saura filmed during Spain's ' años de plomo,' when far-right violence against immigrants surged but rarely made headlines.
The taxi serves as a moving Panopticon—Paz trapped between surveillance and complicity, never truly alone or safe.
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