
Taste of Cherry
Sep 28 1997
•2h 39m
•Drama
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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Homayoun Ershadi
Mr. Badii

Abdolrahman Bagheri
Mr. Bagheri

Safar Ali Moradi
Soldier

Mir Hossein Noori
Seminarian
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