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Taste of Cherry (Persian: طعم گیلاس..., Ta’m-e gīlās...) is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man who drives through a city suburb in search of someone willing to carry out the task of burying him after he commits ...
Nov 26, 1997 · Taste of Cherry: Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. With Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi. An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
A man seeks someone to bury him after he kills himself in Tehran. The film explores themes of mortality, choice, and identity through conversations with three passengers.
Taste of Cherry's somewhat simple aesthetic belies a richly ambiguous character study with an impressively ambitious thematic scale. Read Critics Reviews
Feb 27, 1998 · Roger Ebert criticizes the film's slow pace, elusive dialogue and affectation. He argues that the film does not engage the audience or benefit from the subject matter of suicide in Iran.
A man in Tehran hires a stranger to bury him after he commits suicide. The film explores themes of life, death, and existentialism through a road movie structure and minimal dialogue.
A man seeks someone to bury his body after he kills himself in Tehran. The film explores themes of mortality, choice, and identity through three conversations with strangers.
