Taste of Cherry (1997)
- Original title
- طعم گيلاس
- Directed by
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Genre
- drama film, road movie
- Country
- Iran
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- S
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 711 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A middle-aged man drives around the outskirts of Tehran looking for someone to bury him after he kills himself. He meets several people along the way and engages them in conversation about his plan.
slow-burncontemplativebleakquietsolemnunsettlingcerebralhypnotic
What happens
Taste of Cherry (Persian: طعم گیلاس..., Ta’m-e gīlās...) is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man who drives through a city suburb in search of someone willing to carry out the task of burying him after he commits suicide. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, which it shared with The Eel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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