Mr. Badii
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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.
Sep 28, 1997 · 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.
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.
