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Taxi Service

1996 · 12 min

A quiet, unsettling short that traps you in a strange, peaceful place where leaving becomes the hardest thing.

Overview
Tarek, a taxi driver delivers a passenger to an insane asylum called “L’Oisellerie” (aviary) for a brief visit. In this place of peace, whose inmates would like nothing better than their freedom, Tarek finds that leaving is not so easy.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • freedom
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • hospital
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Elie Khalifé, Alexandre Monnier
Written by
Elie Khalifé
Starring
Hamza Nasrallah
Cinematography
Thomas Hardmeier
Runtime
12 min
Country
Lebanon
Languages
Arabic, English

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