Taste of Cherry
طعم گيلاس
(1997)
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.
10 Kinolab Clips
A Well Paid Job (Opening Sequence)
Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) drives around Tehran looking for someone to do a job for him for a large amount of money.
Duration: 00:11:54
Timestamp: 00:00:36
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Kurdish Soldier
Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) picks up a young Kurdish soldier (Safar Ali Moradi).
Duration: 00:10:59
Timestamp: 00:12:29
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
A Spade
Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) attempts to recruit the solider (Safer Ali Moradi) to bury or help him after his planed suicide.
Duration: 00:08:51
Timestamp: 00:23:27
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Afghan Seminarist
Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) picks up an Afghan seminarist (Mir Hossein Noori), who declines the job.
Duration: 00:09:40
Timestamp: 00:45:29
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Dust and Stone
Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) wanders a construction site alone.
Duration: 00:05:51
Timestamp: 00:55:08
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Sweet Mulberries
Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) picks up a man (Abdolrahman Bagheri), who tells him about his attempted suicide in 1960.
Duration: 00:10:48
Timestamp: 01:00:58
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Turkish Taxidermist
Mr. Bagheri (Abdolrahman Bagheri) agrees to do Mr. Badii's (Homayoun Ershadi) job.
Duration: 00:05:26
Timestamp: 01:11:44
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Natural History Museum
Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) returns back to the Natural History Museum where he dropped off Mr. Bagheri (Abdolrahman Bagheri) to ask one more request of him.
Duration: 00:08:41
Timestamp: 01:17:09
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Closing Sequence
At night, Mr Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) lies awake in his grave as a thunderstorm begins.
Duration: 00:08:57
Timestamp: 01:25:49
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Coda
Footage of director Abbas Kiarostami and the crew filming "Taste of Cherry."
Duration: 00:03:22
Timestamp: 01:34:45
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza