Taste of Cherry (1997)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · 99 min · Drama
68.6 TOPICAL score · #826 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Taste of Cherry (1997, directed by Abbas Kiarostami) has a TOPICAL score of 68.6 - ranked 826 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Palme d'Or. Critics: 83% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 80. Audiences: TMDB 7.7/10 (742 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 41 languages.
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- Critics83% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.4/10 critics' average · Metacritic 80
- AudienceTMDB 7.7/10 (742 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Palme d'Or
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 41 languages
- Still read14,855 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossein Noori
“In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound poll, six critics and two directors named Taste of Cherry one of the 10 best films ever made.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10