Taste of Cherry (1997)
Searching for the Reason to Live
Starring Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
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.
Runtime: 99 min.
Rating: 7.6
DVD
Languages: Persian
Countries: France,Iran
Genres: Drama
Keywords: muslim,teheran (tehran), iran,lgbt,driving,iranian new wave
Cast
Mr. Badii
Mr. Bagheri
Soldier
The soldier
The seminarian