Taste of Cherry (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.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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Homayoun Ershadi as Mr. Badii |
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Abdolrahman Bagheri as Mr. Bagheri |
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Safar Ali Moradi as Soldier |
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Mir Hossein Noori as Seminarian |
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Elham Imani as Photographer |
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Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari as Worker |
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Ahmad Ansari as Self |
| Directing | Abbas Kiarostami | Director |
| Writing | Abbas Kiarostami | Writer |
| Production | Abbas Kiarostami | Producer |
| Editing | Abbas Kiarostami | Editor |
| Camera | Homayun Payvar | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Farshad Bashirzadeh | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Sasan Bagherpour | Sound Assistant |
| Directing | Hassan Yektapanah | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Bahman Kiarostami | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jahangir Mirshekari | Sound |
| Sound | Mohammad Reza Delpak | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Alain Depardieu | Producer |