Taste of Cherry
1997 · Movie · 99 min · ★ 7.7 · 81% critics
A man drives through Tehran and the surrounding hills with a single, unsettling request: he wants to hire someone to carry out a final favor after he’s gone. As he picks up strangers and offers money, each conversation turns into a tense, intimate debate about faith, duty, and the value of staying alive.
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Details
- Original title
- طعم گيلاس
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-09-28
- Language
- FA
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (708 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you enjoy quiet, philosophical stories that linger on moral questions and leave room for interpretation, like Close-Up or Ten; Not for you if you need fast pacing, clear answers, or lighter subject matter.
Pros: thought-provoking conversations; haunting existential mood; memorable final stretch | Cons: very slow pace; repetitive car scenes; distant main character
Themes
- depression
- suicide
- life and death
- muslim
- talking
- nihilism
- koran
- teheran (tehran), iran
- construction site
- suicidal thoughts
- grave digging
- driving
- +9 more
Awards & recognition
- Palme d'Or · 1997
Cast & crew
Homayoun Ershadi
as Mr. Badii
Abdolrahman Bagheri
as Mr. Bagheri
Safar Ali Moradi
as Soldier
Mir Hossein Noori
as Seminarian
- EI
Elham Imani
as Photographer
- AB
Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
as Worker
- AA
Ahmad Ansari
as Self
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami