China / Hong Kong / Indonesia / Netherlands,
2017, 95 min
Plots(1)
When a closeted provincial taxi driver in Beijing sexually propositions his rich urbane client, TAXI STORIES opens with a fantastic setup that touches an electric nerve. A gulf simultaneously inverts, widens, and collapses between migrant labor and the poshest class of a glittering city, all within the cramped confines of a taxi ride at night. Desire, labor, transnational inequalities – these themes drive Taxi Stories, Doris Yeung’s newest feature which was inspired by a friend’s Facebook post about a similar encounter. (San Diego Asian Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Petrina Fung
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Aaron Chow
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Shanty
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Aji Santosa
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Nazyra C. Noer
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