Taste of Cherry

Original title: Ta'm e guilass

1997
PG
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

40K

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Homayoun Ershadi in Taste of Cherry (1997)

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An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

40K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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9/10

A great movie about life & death

I have watched many films dealing with the theme "life & death". But this is the greatest one. The story is simple (even incomplete) but I think Abbas tells us too much.

Through the dialogue between different people from different classes, everyone has his own attitude about "life & death". I think we can't say which is right & which is wrong. Abbas only gives it to us & let us think for ourselves.

Every scene is simple & ordinary, but has a certain strange fascination. I have seen "Through The Olive Trees" before (also directed by Abbas). To be honest, I don't like it, although it's said to be a good film. But this one is different. "Go see it" is what I want to say.

chrisyu
Apr 3, 2002
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Trivia
The film was shot without a proper script, relying on improvisations.

Goofs
In the opening scene, as Mr. Badhi is driving past laborers looking for work, the same middle-aged white haired man, wearing a checkered sweater vest, is seen twice.

Quotes
Mr. Bagheri: If you look at the four seasons, each season brings fruit. In summer, there's fruit, in autumn, too. Winter brings different fruit and spring, too. No mother can fill her fridge with such a variety of fruit for her children. No mother can do as much for her children as God does for His creatures. You want to refuse all that? You want to give it all up? You want to give up the taste of cherries?