Description
In memory of Abbas Kiarostami, 10 years after his death
A middle-aged man drives through the hills on the outskirts of Tehran. He has decided to take his own life and he is looking for someone willing to bury him afterwards. Over the course of a day, he stops to talk to three strangers, a soldier, a seminarian and a taxidermist, each of whom responds differently to his request.
It was the first Iranian film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1997, Taste of Cherry is a spare, quietly devastating meditation on mortality, choice and the reasons we find, or fail to find, to go on living.
Abbas Kiarostami was one of the great filmmakers of the 20th century and this is his masterpiece. A landmark of Iranian cinema and essential viewing.
Taste of Cherry (1997) is in Persian (Farsi), with English subtitles.
Screening from a 35mm print.
Runtime: 99 minutes.
This film is part of a season exploring Iranian cinema.
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