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Taxi Meter

1967 · 9 min

A brief, plain-spoken street portrait that quietly observes working men grumbling about change, dryly funny and human.

Overview
A short documentary about Tehran's taxi drivers and their problem with the new taxi meters.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • class
  • technology
  • politics
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Nasser Taghvai
Runtime
9 min
Country
Iran
Languages
Persian

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