Taste of Cherry

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Homayoun Ershadi

Mr. Badii

Abdolrahman Bagheri

Mr. Bagheri

Safar Ali Moradi

Soldier

Mir Hossein Noori

Seminarian

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Elham Imani

Photographer

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Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari

Worker

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Ahmad Ansari

Self

Crew

Camera

• Homayun Payvar Director of Photography
• Farshad Bashirzadeh Assistant Camera

Directing

• Abbas Kiarostami Director
• Hassan Yektapanah First Assistant Director
• Bahman Kiarostami Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Abbas Kiarostami Editor

Production

• Abbas Kiarostami Producer
• Alain Depardieu Producer

Sound

• Sasan Bagherpour Sound Assistant
• Jahangir Mirshekari Sound
• Mohammad Reza Delpak Sound Mixer

Writing

• Abbas Kiarostami Writer

Photos