Taste of Cherry
- sombre
- slow-burn
- signature
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →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.
Our read · Taste of Cherry (1997) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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“You want a spare Tehran road movie about mortality, dignity, and stubborn human kindness.”
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