Taxi Para Tres
(A Cab for Three)
Chile, 2001, 90 min. Directed by Orlando Lübbert
Ulises'
beat-up taxi breaks down in a slum district of Santiago de Chile and is
commandeered by two bandits, who force him to drive them around and become
an accomplice in their crimes. Ulises, who can't make the payments on
this car, makes more in a few hours than he's made in months. With the
lure of easy money, it isn't long before victim becomes the perpetrator.
A box office hit in Chile, and winner of the top prize at the San Sebastian
Film Festival, Taxi para Tres is a sharp, black comedy that explores the
margins of contemporary Chilean society.
"A spirited black comedy about life in a complacently corrupt society." — Variety
"Intelligent, funny and revealing of the Chilean reality today, I loved the movie." — Claude Chabrol
Golden Seashell — San Sebastián International Film Festival 2001
Grand Coral — Third Prize, Best Screenplay and Glauber Rocha Award — Special Mention Havana Film Festival 2001
MTV Movie Award for Favorite Film — MTV Movie Awards, Latin America 2001
Nominated for Silver Ariel for Best Latin-American Film — Ariel Awards, Mexico 2002
APES Award for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film — Arts and Entertainment Critics Awards, Chile 2002
Golden India Catalina for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor — Cartagena Film Festival 2002
Nominated for Goya for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film — Goya Awards 2002
Golden Kikito for Best Actor — Gramado Film Festival 2002
Best Screenplay — Lima Latin American Film Festival 2002
FIPRESCI Prize — Special Mention — Mar del Plata Film Festival 2002
Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature — Miami Film Festival 2002