

Taste of Cherry
1997 · Movie · 1h 39m
Drama
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
80/100
Key crew
- Abbas KiarostamiDirector
- Abbas KiarostamiWriter
Cast
- Homayoun ErshadiMr. Badii
- Abdolrahman BagheriMr. Bagheri
- Safar Ali MoradiSoldier
- Mir Hossein NooriSeminarian
- Elham ImaniPhotographer
- Afshin Khorshid BakhtiariWorker
- Ahmad AnsariSelf
Stills
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Themes
depressionsuicidelife and deathmuslimtalkingnihilismkoranteheran (tehran), iranconstruction sitesuicidal thoughtsgrave diggingdriving























