Taste of Cherry
You want to give up the taste of cherries?
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.
- Year: 1997
- Country: Iran, France
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Kanoon, Kiarostami Foundation, CiBy 2000
- Keyword: suicide, life and death, muslim, talking, nihilism, koran, teheran (tehran), iran, construction site, suicidal thoughts, grave digging, driving, hopelessness, life challenges, self-harm, contemplating suicide, ideologies, religious conversation, iranian cinema, desperation, commit suicide, depressed man
- Director: Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori, Elham Imani, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
