Taste of Cherry

Taste of Cherry (1997)

28/09/1997
Drama
1h 39m

You want to give up the taste of cherries?

Overview

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.

  • Abbas KiarostamiDirector, Writer
  • Original Title

    طعم گيلاس

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Persian

Keywords

  • suicide
  • life and death
  • muslim
  • talking
  • nihilism
  • koran
  • teheran (tehran), iran
  • construction site
  • suicidal thoughts
  • grave digging
  • driving
  • hopelessness
  • life challenges
  • self-harm
  • contemplating suicide
  • ideologies
  • religious conversation
  • iranian cinema
  • desperation
  • commit suicide
  • depressed man

Top Billed 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

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