Taste of Cherry (1997)

Releasing at 10 October 1997 in theaters.

“Ta’m e guilass”

Drama

Taste of Cherry is drama film directed and written by Abbas Kiarostami. The film stars Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori, Ahmad Ansari and Elham Imani. The film primiered at 16 May 1997 on Cannes Film Festival.

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) 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 (Mir Hossein Noori), 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.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Writer: Abbas Kiarostami

Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori, Ahmad Ansari, Elham Imani

►Cast

Homayoun Ershadi	►	Mr. Badii
Abdolrahman Bagheri	►	Mr. Bagheri
Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari	►	Soldier
Safar Ali Moradi	►	The soldier
Mir Hossein Noori	►	The seminarian
Ahmad Ansari	►
Elham Imani	►	Photographer