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The end of the road. - Taste of Cherry
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Title: Taste of Cherry

Release Date: 28 Sep 1997

Runtime: 1h 39m

Genre: Drama

Director: Kanoon, Abbas Kiarostami Productions, CiBy 2000

Production Companies: Kanoon, Abbas Kiarostami Productions, CiBy 2000

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.6 (599 votes)

Cast

  • Mr. Badii: Homayoun Ershadi
  • Mr. Bagheri: Abdolrahman Bagheri
  • Soldier: Safar Ali Moradi
  • Seminarian: Mir Hossein Noori
  • Photographer: Elham Imani
  • Worker: Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
  • Self: Ahmad Ansari
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