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Taste of Cherry
Do you want to give up the taste of cherries?
Do you want to give up the taste of cherries?
Drama - 1997
Taste of Cherry
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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.
Director:
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Abbas Kiarostami
Cast:
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Homayoun Ershadi
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Abdolrahman Bagheri
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Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
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Safar Ali Moradi
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Mir Hossein Noori
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Ahmad Ansari
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Elham Imani

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Details

Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
10 Oct 1997
Country:
IR, FR
Languages:
Persian (Farsi)
Budget:
$120,000
Revenue:
$10,923
Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Has a visual style that seems rudimentary but becomes increasingly hypnotic and resonant.
– John Hartl,
Film.com,
24 Jul 2001
rotten:
The film is such a lifeless drone that we experience it only as a movie.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The talk flows persuasively; the picture pulses with art and humanity.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Kiarostami is in no rush, but the respect and love he shows for his characters, and the confidence and simplicity of his technique, make Taste of Cherry a satisfying experience.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Kiarastomi, like no other filmmaker, has a vision of human scale that is simultaneously epic and precisely minuscule.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
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