Night on Earth

"Five taxis. Five cities. One night."

Dec 12 1991 R 2h 9m
Comedy, Drama

An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Plot

A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities. Los Angeles - A talent agent for the movies discovers her cab driver would be perfect to cast, but the cabbie is reluctant to give up her solid cab driver's career. New York - An immigrant cab driver is continually lost in a city and culture he doesn't understand. Paris - A blind girl takes a ride with a cab driver from the Ivory Coast and they talk about life and blindness. Rome - A gregarious cabbie picks up an ailing man and virtually talks him to death. Helsinki - an industrial worker gets laid off and he and his compatriots discuss the bleakness and unfairness of love and life and death.

Written by

Jim Jarmusch

Directed by

Jim Jarmusch

Production Countries

Germany, United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, France

Production Companies

Le Studio Canal+, Channel Four Films, JVC, Pyramide Productions, Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Pandora Film, Locus Solus Entertainment

Languages

Italiano, suomi, Français, Deutsch, English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
68,325
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA