TASTE OF CHERRY

A film by Abbas Kiarostami

Cast : Ali Moradi, Afshin Bakhtiari, Abdolhossein Bagheri, Homayoun Ershadi

1997 / drama / Iran / original title : TA'M E GUILASS / 98’ / Color / status : completed / Persian / long feature-film / French and International catalog

Who is Mr. Badii, really? A desperate man, a wise one? Driving his 4×4, he roams the majestic Iranian landscapes around Tehran in search of someone willing to lend him a hand with a particular task, in exchange for a reward. Everyone he encounters reacts to his proposal in a different way.

Quietly defiant, TASTE OF CHERRY subverts expectation and withholds judgement, unfolding as a poetic masterpiece on a subject long considered taboo in Iran, awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1997.
2027 commemorates the 30th anniversary of this defining milestone in Abbas Kiarostami’s career and a landmark of cinema.

1997 / IRAN / 98’ / 4K

Press

«Overflowing with beauty and surprise.»

Martin Scorsese

«Pulses with art and humanity.»

TIME Magazine

«Abbas Kiarostami's masterpiece.»

The New York Times