Taste of Cherry

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Taste of Cherry is a 1997 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami that follows a man driving around Tehran in search of someone willing to bury him after his planned suicide.

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instanceOf Iranian film
film
awardReceived Palme d'Or
linked to: Palme d’Or
awardReceivedAt 1997 Cannes Film Festival
cinematographyBy Homayoun Payvar
countryOfOrigin Iran
criticalReception acclaimed
director Abbas Kiarostami
discusses individual freedom
social responsibility
distributor MK2 Diffusion
editedBy Abbas Kiarostami
Bahman Kiarostami
filmMovement Iranian New Wave
follows a man driving around Tehran in search of someone to bury him after his planned suicide
genre art film
drama
hasColorProcess color
hasFilmTechnique long takes
minimalist style
non-professional actors
hasSubject burial
suicidal ideation
mainCharacter Mr. Badii
narrativeStructure road movie structure
narrativeStyle open-ended
notableFor exploration of ethical and religious views on suicide
use of ambiguous ending
originalLanguage Persian
partOf Abbas Kiarostami filmography
producer Abbas Kiarostami
releaseYear 1997
runtimeMinutes 95
screenwriter Abbas Kiarostami
settingLocation Tehran
soundMix mono
stars Abdolrahman Bagheri
Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
Homayoun Ershadi
Safar Ali Moradi
theme death
existentialism
human connection
meaning of life
suicide
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century
worldPremiereEvent Cannes Film Festival
worldPremiereYear 1997

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Iranian cinema notableFilm Taste of Cherry
Iranian cinema notableAwardWinningFilm Taste of Cherry
Abbas Kiarostami notableWork Taste of Cherry
Abbas Kiarostami awardReceivedFor Taste of Cherry
Homayoun Ershadi notableWork Taste of Cherry
The Eel coWinnerOfPalmeDorWith Taste of Cherry