Taste of Cherry

Do you want to give up the taste of cherries?

  • Rated 7.7 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1997
  • 1h 39m
  • 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.

Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Starring
Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori

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

    Photographer

  • Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari

    Worker

  • Ahmad Ansari

    Ahmad Ansari

  • Abbas Kiarostami

    Abbas Kiarostami

    Abbas Kiarostami (uncredited)

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