Rent Taste of Cherry (1997)

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Rent Taste of Cherry (aka Ta'm e guilass) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
The first Iranian film to win the Palme d'Or, this austere, emotionally complex drama by the great Abbas Kiarostami follows the enigmatic Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) as he drives around the hilly outskirts of Tehran looking for someone who will agree to bury him after he commits suicide, a taboo under Islam. Extended conversations with three passengers (a soldier, a seminarian, and a taxidermist) elicit different views on mortality and individual choice. Operating at once as a closely observed, realistic story and a fable populated by archetypal figures, Taste of Cherry challenges the viewer to consider what often goes unexamined in everyday life.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Abbas Kiarostami, Alain Depardieu
Writers:
Abbas Kiarostami
Aka:
Ta'm e guilass
Studio:
Sony
Genres:
Drama
Collections:
Films by Genre, The Best American Road Movies
Countries:
Iran
BBFC:
Release Date:
Not available for rental
Run Time:
95 minutes
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/08/2020
Run Time:
99 minutes
Languages:
Persian LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.66:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Project (1997), a thirty-nine-minute sketch film for 'Taste of Cherry' that Abbas Kiarostami made with his son Bahman Kiarostami
  • New interview with film scholar Hamid Naficy
  • Interview from 1997 with Abbas Kiarostami, conducted by film scholar Jamsheed Akrami
  • Program from 2017 on Kiarostami's use of landscape featuring film scholar Kristin Thompson
  • Trailer
  • An essay by critic A. S. Hamrah

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