A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver

6. 12. 2017 19:00 137 min.   Lucerna Velký sál

Taeksi Unjeonsa

South Korea 2017, 137 min.

Korean and English with English and Czech subtitles

director: Jang Hoon

starring: Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann

distributor: Showbox

Seoul taxi driver Kim Man-seob is not interested in politics. He is struggling to get by and to take care of his daughter, who means everything to him. So he does not hesitate to jump at the opportunity to take a German reporter to Gwangju to cover a dangerous student uprising. What is actually happening there is a surprise not only to them, but also the whole world. The most profitable film of the year, based on the actual events from May 1980, tells the story of heroism of ordinary people. This film will represent South Korea at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category.