Taste of Cherry

Taste of Cherry

1997
1h 39m
7.7

7.7/10

698 votes • View on IMDb
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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $120,000

Revenue: $10,923

Language: FA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kanoon Kiarostami Foundation CiBy 2000
Production Countries
Iran France
Spoken Languages
Persian

Keywords

depression 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 depressed man

Quick Facts

Original Title طعم گيلاس
Release Date September 28, 1997
Status Released
Language FA
IMDb ID tt0120265

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
Elham Imani

Photographer

Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari

Worker

Ahmad Ansari
Ahmad Ansari

Self

Key Crew

Abbas Kiarostami
Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Producer
Abbas Kiarostami
Writer
Alain Depardieu
Producer