Taxi (1996 film)
Taxi is a 1996 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura, starring Ingrid Rubio and focusing on the emergence of farright and racist groups in Spain during the 1990s.
Her reconnection with the socalled Family, the closeknit group of her fathers coworkers, is initially uneventful. One of its members is Dani, Pazs childhood sweetheart and a young taxi apprentice about to be discharged from the military service. Upon meeting for the first time in many years, they rekindle their mutual attraction and start dating, much to the apparent satisfaction of Danis mother Remea fellow cabbie who is having a secret affair with Pazs father. Remes husband is a former taxi driver who, according to the explanations given to Paz, was shot by two drug dealers during a robbery. One of the shots left him paralyzed and the Familys visits to him in the hospital are a staple in their common social life. Aside from Dani, Velasco and Reme, this group is completed by a shady individual named Calero and a thuggish brute nicknamed Nio who seems to act as an informal henchman of sorts for the former. Paz realizes Calero is a former cop even before being told so, and their mutual distrust is vivid and everincreasing throughout the film.From the outset, it is made clear to the audience that the Family is in fact a neofascist death squad whose members use their cabs to abduct nonwhite, immigrant, LGTB and drugaddicted costumers with murderous intent. There is also some evidence of rudimentary tactics, e.g. using code words for each kind of victim in order to lure unwitting victims to the killing box. Dani has been recently groomed into the group and partakes in their activities, although it is made apparent to the audience that he does so reluctantly. The Family seems to be generally successful in its exploits two murders are shown onscreen, as well as a raid on a Moroccan camp during which Dani accidentally kills a man. The film does show, however, one botched attack during which the victim manages to run away unharmed. It is left unclear whether or not the group is restricted to the core members shown onscreen. It is also left unclear whether the groups activi
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