Taste of Cherry

Taste of Cherry

99 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1997

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.

Taste of Cherry

99 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 1997

Taste of Cherry
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers CiBy 2000, Abbas Kiarostami Productions, Kanoon
Original title طعم گيلاس
Directors Bahman Kiarostami, Hassan Yektapanah, Abbas Kiarostami
Writers Abbas Kiarostami

Cast

Homayoun Ershadi

as Mr. Badii

Abdolrahman Bagheri

as Mr. Bagheri

Safar Ali Moradi

as Soldier

Mir Hossein Noori

as Seminarian

Elham Imani

as Photographer

Ahmad Ansari

as Self