Taste of Cherry

Why we chose it

Save this Palme d’Or winner for a day when you can’t see the point of going on. Kiarostami puts a man who has decided to die behind the wheel, and out of his long drive he builds one of the most moving films about what keeps us alive. Afterwards, even cherries taste different.

Synopsis

Mr Badii has decided to kill himself, and all he needs is someone to come at dawn and bury him. So he drives the hills outside Tehran, offering the job to strangers he picks up. A young soldier bolts and a seminarian refuses, but a man who works at the Natural History Museum says yes, for reasons of his own, and then he starts to talk.

Information

Cast
Also known as
Ta'm e Guilass
Production year
1997
Decade
1990s
Duration
1h 35m
Festivals & Awards
Language
Persian
Country
Iran, France
Subtitles
Greek, Polish
Age rating
Κ-12

Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'Or

1997

What others say

4.3
296 reviews

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