MFAH Film Houston Premieres: Jafar Panahis ‘Taxi’
- When
- October 23, 2015
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $2 - $1001
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another in its Houston Premieres series. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!
Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi”
Directed by Jafar Panahi
2015 in Farsi with English subtitles
Iran
82 minutes, DCP
Over the years, the Museum has presented films by leading Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose international acclaim began with The White Balloon in 1995 and continues through the films made since his house arrest: This Is Not a Film (2011) and Closed Curtain (2013).
The theatrical premiere of his latest release, ?Taxi—which won the Golden Bear at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival—furthers that commitment.
“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.” —Berlinale
