Ambrosio
Thomas, a taxi driver torn between the mundane reality of his life and his literary aspirations, spirals into an erotic obsession following the tragic suicide of a client. Thomas works as a taxi drive…
Ambrosio
Thomas, a taxi driver torn between the mundane reality of his life and his literary aspirations, spirals into an erotic obsession following the tragic suicide of a client. Thomas works as a taxi driver by necessity and lives with his wife Maria and his teenage son Tasos. Although he has studied and loves literature, he hasn't managed to live up to his life expectations. A clients' suicide surfaces his repressed feelings and plunges him into an erotic obsession. —Thessaloniki International Film Festival Consumed by dead-end esoteric monologues and the bitter recognition that he has squandered his youth behind the wheel of his leased yellow cab, Thomas starts to accept that his humdrum existence is going nowhere fast. But life is full of surprises--generous and unwelcome. When an uncomfortable late-night pick-up scars him for life, Thomas develops an intense psychosexual fixation on a young woman to seek a way out. However, obsession and compulsion go hand in hand. And as intrusive thoughts mar Thomas' ideal fantasy, the fear of rejection turns the screw on the taxi driver, tipping him over the brink. —Nick Riganas
Ambrosio
Drama
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Thomas, a taxi driver torn between the mundane reality of his life and his literary aspirations, spirals into an erotic obsession following the tragic suicide of a client. Thomas works as a taxi driver by necessity and lives with his wife Maria and his teenage son Tasos. Although he has studied and loves literature, he hasn't managed to live up to his life expectations.
A clients' suicide surfaces his repressed feelings and plunges him into an erotic obsession. —Thessaloniki International Film Festival Consumed by dead-end esoteric monologues and the bitter recognition that he has squandered his youth behind the wheel of his leased yellow cab, Thomas starts to accept that his humdrum existence is going nowhere fast. But life is full of surprises--generous and unwelcome.
When an uncomfortable late-night pick-up scars him for life, Thomas develops an intense psychosexual fixation on a young woman to seek a way out. However, obsession and compulsion go hand in hand. And as intrusive thoughts mar Thomas' ideal fantasy, the fear of rejection turns the screw on the taxi driver, tipping him over the brink.
—Nick Riganas.