Taste of Cherry
طعم گيلاس
Drama
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.
🎬 DirectorAbbas Kiarostami
📅 Release1997-09-28
🌍 CountryIran, France
🗣 LanguagePersian
🏢 StudioKanoon, Kiarostami Foundation, CiBy 2000
🗳 Votes694
🔥 Popularity3
💰 Budget$120,000
💵 Revenue$10,923
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🎭 Cast
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
🎥 Crew
Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Writer
Abbas Kiarostami
Producer
Abbas Kiarostami
Editor
Abbas Kiarostami
Director of Photography
Homayun Payvar
Assistant Camera
Farshad Bashirzadeh
Sound Assistant
Sasan Bagherpour
First Assistant Director
Hassan Yektapanah
Second Assistant Director
Bahman Kiarostami
Sound
Jahangir Mirshekari
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
depressionsuicidelife and deathmuslimtalkingnihilismkoranteheran (tehran), iranconstruction sitesuicidal thoughtsgrave diggingdriving
💬 Reviews
In Abbas Kiarostami's 1997 film Ta'm-e gilas (Taste of Cherry) one Mr. Badi, a man about whom viewers learn virtually nothing, drives around Tehran looking for someone to do him a favour: that night, he will kill himself in a quarry outside the city, and he wants someone to cast dirt over his body the next morning. The first half of the film is essentially about Mr. Badi's difficulties finding …
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