Taste of Cherry
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- Drama
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.
Keywords
- nihilism
- on the road
- road movie
- suicide
- self-harm
- depression
- desperation
- grave digging
- life and death
- muslim
- talking
- construction site
- driving
- hopelessness
- teheran (tehran)
- iran
- koran
- suicidal thoughts
- road story
- iranian new wave
- life challenges
- contemplating suicide
- ideologies
- religious conversation
- iranian cinema
- commit suicide
- depressed man
- teheran (tehran), iran
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 28, 1997
- Original language
- Persian
- Spoken languages
- persian
- Countries
- France, Iran
- Production
- CiBy 2000,Kanoon,Abbas Kiarostami Productions,Kiarostami Foundation,Kanoon, Kiarostami Foundation, CiBy 2000
- Budget
- $120,000
- Revenue
- $10,923
- IMDb
- tt0120265