Taste of Cherry
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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Kanoon, Abbas Kiarostami Productions, CiBy 2000
- Keyword: 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, iranian new wave, hopelessness, life challenges, self-harm, contemplating suicide, ideologies, religious conversation, iranian cinema, desperation, commit suicide, depressed man
- Cast: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori, Elham Imani, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari