Taste of Cherry (1997)
1h 39m
Running Time
September 28, 1997Release Date
Taste of Cherry (1997)
1h 39m
Running Time
September 28, 1997Release Date

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Homayoun Ershadi
Mr. Badii

Abdolrahman Bagheri
Mr. Bagheri

Safar Ali Moradi
Soldier

Mir Hossein Noori
Seminarian

Elham Imani
Photographer

Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
Worker

Ahmad Ansari
Self

Ahmad Ansari
Negahban-e Karkhaneh
Media.



























Details.
Release DateSeptember 28, 1997
Original Nameطعم گيلاس
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Filming LocationsTehran, Iran
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
muslim
driving
teheran
suicide
life and death
talking
nihilism
koran
construction site
suicidal thoughts
grave digging
hopelessness
life challenges
self-harm
contemplating suicide
ideologies
religious conversation
iranian cinema
desperation
commit suicide
depressed man
Wiki.
Taste of Cherry (Persian: طعم گیلاس..., Ta’m-e gīlās...) is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man who drives through a city suburb in search of someone willing to carry out the task of burying him after he commits suicide. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, which it shared with The Eel.
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