Taste of Cherry (1997)
7.644
/10 By 597 Votes
Overview : 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.
Release Date : September 28, 1997
Runtime : 99m
Genre : Drama
Companies : Kanoon, Abbas Kiarostami Productions, CiBy 2000
Countries : France, Iran
Keywords : suicide, life and death, muslim, talking, nihilism, koran, teheran (tehran), iran, construction site, on the road, suicidal thoughts, road movie, grave digging, driving, road story, hopelessness, life challenges, self-harm, contemplating suicide, ideologies, religious conversation, iranian cinema, desperation, commit suicide, depressed man
