Taste of the Cherry

Produced in 1997

Film Information

Festival Edition 1998 - Edition 2

Section General

Director Abbas Kiarostami

Country Iran

Duration 95 min

Category Iranian Feature Films 1998

Producer Abbas Kiarostami Productions

Screenplay Abbas Kiarostami

Cast Homayun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid, Bakhtiarai, Safar-Ali Moradi, Mir-Hossein Noori

Genre Panorama

Synopsis

One autumn afternoon, a middle-aged man decides to commit suicide. However, in order to do this, he needs someone else's assistance. So he starts talking to ordinary people, without giving any reasons for his intention. This film portrays life by contrasting non-existence with the values of existence.