Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.
Unfortunately the movie Taxi Blues is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Pavel Lungin | Director |
| Writing | Pavel Lungin | Writer |
| Production | Alexandr Golutva | Producer |
| Art | Valeri Yurkevich | Production Design |
| Art | Aleksei Shkele | Set Designer |
| Production | Pierre Rival | Producer |
| Production | Vladimir Repnikov | Producer |
| Production | Marin Karmitz | Producer |
| Production | Mark Gekht | Producer |
| Crew | Denis Evstigneev | Cinematography |
| Editing | Elisabeth Guido | Editor |
| Directing | Yuri Kryuchkov | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Eduard Gimpel | Additional Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larisa Avdyushko | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Viktor Ivanov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Aleksandr Inshakov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Pierre Lorrain | Sound Designer |
| Production | Pavel Lungin | Producer |
| Production | Olga Vasilyeva | Producer |
| Production | Sergey Shumakov | Producer |
| Sound | Vladimir Chekasin | Music |
| Camera | Andrei Zhegalov | Director of Photography |
