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The story centres on a police officer who travels to a small Dalmatian island to investigate reports of the ghostly apparition of Marshal Josip Broz Tito, which triggers various reactions among the locals. The old Partisans want to believe that the time has come for socialism to return, and so the site of Tito’s mysterious appearance becomes a place of pilgrimage for retired fighters arriving in crowds from the mainland.

This is an omnibus of five stories about taxi drivers in five different American and European cities over the course of one night. Los Angeles – A talent agent realises that the cab driver taking her across the city would be perfect for a role she is trying to cast, but the driver is far from enthusiastic about her proposal. New York – An immigrant taxi driver is constantly getting lost in a city and culture he barely understands. Paris – A blind young woman travels with a taxi driver from the Ivory Coast and discusses blindness and life with him along the way. Rome – A sociable taxi driver picks up a seriously ill man and talks to him as his condition steadily worsens. Helsinki – An industrial worker loses his job and, during a taxi ride, reflects on injustice and the emptiness of love, life and death.