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A young man from the countryside named Youssef moves to Beirut hoping to become the greatest taxi driver in the city. While cruising the streets in his 1966 Benz and struggling to make it through the day, Youssef falls for one of his passengers, a beautiful stranger with whom he shares incredible tales and memories from his childhood.

About the Director

Daniel Joseph
Daniel Joseph is a Lebanese-American filmmaker, photographer and painter. He studied photography and painting at the University of Houston before moving to Los Angeles to study filmmaking at Art Center College of Design. In 2008, Joseph returned to his home country Lebanon where he wrote and directed his first narrative feature film, 'Taxi Ballad', which debuted in competition at the Dubai Interna