Cast
Pyotr Mamonov Pyotr Zaychenko Vladimir Kashpur Natalya Kolyakanova Hal Singer Elena Safonova
Credits
Written by: 
Pavel Lungin
Plot
In late Soviet Moscow, a taxi driver, Shlykov, and a jazz saxophonist, Liosha, form a tense, unequal relationship on the edge of society, in a stark portrait of a changing country.
Sinekatalog’s take
A stark, tense portrait of late-Soviet Moscow.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (2,192 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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