Kirsikan maku

Name: Ta'm e guilass
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-10-27
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari

Original title: Ta'm e guilass

19971997
SS
1h 35m

An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.

7.8/10

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Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations

Videos1

Trailer 1:16

Taste of Cherry

Photos31

Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari in Ta'm e guilass (1997)

Abdolrahman Bagheri in Ta'm e guilass (1997)

Middle-aged Mr.Badii is planning to commit suicide and desperately seeks anyone to assist him - he has already dug out the grave in the mountains, but the assistant will have to bury him when he will do the deed. He asks Kurd soldier, Afghan seminarian, but everyone refuses by some reason. Finally he finds an old Turkish taxidermist, who has a sick son and previously attempted suicide himself, and he agrees to assist Badii. —Anonymous

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Trivia
The film was shot without a proper script, relying on improvisations.

Goofs
In the opening scene, as Mr. Badhi is driving past laborers looking for work, the same middle-aged white haired man, wearing a checkered sweater vest, is seen twice.

Quotes
Mr. Bagheri: If you look at the four seasons, each season brings fruit. In summer, there's fruit, in autumn, too. Winter brings different fruit and spring, too. No mother can fill her fridge with such a variety of fruit for her children. No mother can do as much for her children as God does for His creatures. You want to refuse all that? You want to give it all up? You want to give up the taste of cherries?

Connections
Featured in Especial Cannes: 50 Anos de Festival (1997)

Soundtracks
St. James Infirmary
(uncredited)
Often attributed to Irving Mills
Performed by Louis Armstrong

Top review

8/10

a pleasant surprise

My first taste of Kiarostami, whom I've read about for years. I was

worried that, as a filmmaker, Kiarostami would be as inaccessible

as Godard in the 80s. I was pleasantly surprised by A TASTE OF

CHERRY. It's a linear narrative, and the film's early ambiguity

concerning the driver's quest kept me guessing (I knew nothing

about this film going in, which was a real plus). The film's unusual

visual style, particularly the long unedited takes, works surprisingly

well for this type of story. I can understand why traditional

American filmgoers would be bored to tears by A TASTE OF

CHERRY, but for fans of independent and foreign film, it's a

worthwhile investment of your time. It probably works better with

an older audience that can identify with the world-weary

characters.

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