Taxicab

Taxicab

Drive your evils away.

2011•1h 54m

Drama

Set at the inauguration of the new President is the inter-woven tales of people dealing with daily lives: their relationships, desires and their means of survival. A taxi driver trying to stop his best friend from leaving for the province while his ex-wife comes back to his life; a young actor doing extra job as male prostitute; a Fil-Am trying to fill his need for drugs; and a young cigarette vendor who also act as pimp at night. All of them get through their harsh realities with hopes of a better tomorrow while their fate awaits them to cross its path in the uncaring streets of Manila.

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Production

Astral Productions

Language

TL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Marife Necesito

Marife Necesito

Martin de los Santos

Jess Mendoza

Jess Mendoza

Kevin Vitug

Kristoffer King

Kristoffer King

Marcus Cabrera

Ray An Dulay

Dustin Jose

Tony Lapeña

Adrian Sebastian

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