‘Taxi', French film directed by Gérard Pirès, a story of a pizza delivery boy turned car racer will be screened at3 pm on Tuesday July 15 and at 6.30 pm on Wednesday July 16 at Alliance Francaise, Barnes Place Colombo-7.

1998 French film with English subtitled takes place in Marseille, France, and involves an aspiring racecar driver named Daniel (Naceri), who initially works as a pizza delivery boy, but changes jobs to become a taxi driver.

With a supercharged engine he eludes the police while quickly transporting his fares to their destinations. Finally caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he is forced to help Emilien (Frédéric Diefenthal), a down on his luck police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.

Trying to juggle a budding relationship with his beautiful girlfriend Lilly (Marion Cotillard) and a need for high-speed chases, Daniel helps Emilien so that he does not lose his license and quite possibly his job.