I remember that a car crash is involved. I remember that the movie jumps around in its chronology. Similarly to an Atom Egoyan movie important details are revealed after another and add up to a fully formed picture at the end. I remember that a good chunk of the movie plays in summer at a camping site. Visually there were big trees and somewhat pale sunrays. The central couple of the movie gets to know another couple. The central couple gets into an argument.
The male protagonist played once in a band and there’s an aerial shot where you see the band dressed in furs playing their instruments in the midst of nature, a barren Tundra. Yeah, this surely must have been an Eastern European movie. I don’t think it was a Russian one. Maybe Czech, but I’m not sure. It might have been released in the 90s.
I also remember a subplot where a male petrol attendant searches for a guy he once met and has a crush on through a local radio station. The searched for guy calls in then, talks sweetly and, if I remember correctly, the petrol attendant is ecstatic when he hears his voice again.
The movie was in color. I can’t specifically remember when I saw it. 2004, 2005, 2006, maybe. On German television, late at night. It was in color. It was dubbed into German.
That’s honestly all I can give you. In terms of tone and pacing it had something of a Lynch movie with its slow scenes that take their time and establish a mood. Not a movie with a dense flow of conversations I would say. And like I said, in terms of dealing out information it reminded me of an Egoyan movie.
This sounds a bit like Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998)
It’s not it. The movie I’m looking for hasn’t a pronounced folkish rural charm. No oomp-ta-ta on the soundtrack! The protagonist wasn’t a taxi driver, and I think the woman had blonde hair.
Nice try though, thanks! 🙂