Taste of Cherry
“Do you want to give up the taste of cherries?”
Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Screenplay / Story
Abbas Kiarostami
Cinematography
Homayun Payvar
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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Production Budget
$120,000
Worldwide Box Office
$10,923
Original Language
FA
Production Country
Iran
Content Rating
PG-13
Release Status
Released
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Top 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
Ahmad Ansari
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami (uncredited)