4.3
289 reviews

Taste of Cherry

Abbas Kiarostami19971h 35mClassic, Social Issues, Drama

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

Director
Cast
Also known as
Ta'm e Guilass
Festival screenings
Cannes FF
Language
Persian
Country
Iran, France
Subtitles
Greek, Polish
Age rating
12+

Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'Or

1997

What others say

4.3
289 reviews

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