Taste of Cherry
Taste of Cherry

Movie·1997·1h 39m

Taste of Cherry

Country

Iran

Language

Persian

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The Story

Original title: طعم گيلاس

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

Producer

Abbas Kiarostami, Alain Depardieu

Cinematography

Homayun Payvar

Editor

Abbas Kiarostami

Themes

depressionsuicidelife and deathmuslimtalkingnihilismkoranteheran (tehran), iranconstruction sitesuicidal thoughtsgrave diggingdriving

Production House

Kanoon
Kiarostami Foundation
CiBy 2000

Audience Score

77%

705 votes

Skip7%
Timepass16%
Go for it38%
Perfection39%

Where to watch

Region: IN

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Cast

Homayoun Ershadi

Homayoun Ershadi

Mr. Badii

Abdolrahman Bagheri

Abdolrahman Bagheri

Mr. Bagheri

Safar Ali Moradi

Safar Ali Moradi

Soldier

Mir Hossein Noori

Mir Hossein Noori

Seminarian

Elham Imani

Photographer

Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari

Worker

Ahmad Ansari

Self

// crew

Crew

Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

Producer, Writer, Editor, Director

Homayun Payvar

Director of Photography

Alain Depardieu

Alain Depardieu

Producer

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