Fresh
Has a visual style that seems rudimentary but becomes increasingly hypnotic and resonant.
John Hartl, Film.com
Taste of Cherry
Do you want to give up the taste of cherries?
1997 · 1h 39m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Abbas Kiarostami
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Taste of Cherry
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film is such a lifeless drone that we experience it only as a movie.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The talk flows persuasively; the picture pulses with art and humanity.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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
Fresh
Kiarastomi, like no other filmmaker, has a vision of human scale that is simultaneously epic and precisely minuscule.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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