Taste of Cherry
“Do you want to give up the taste of cherries?”
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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Cast
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Homayoun Ershadi
Mr. Badii
Known for
The Kite Runner
A Most Wanted Man
Abdolrahman Bagheri
Mr. Bagheri
No other roles listed
Safar Ali Moradi
Soldier
Known for
Crimson Gold
Mir Hossein Noori
Seminarian
No other roles listed
Elham Imani
Photographer
Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
Worker
No other roles listed
Ahmad Ansari
Ahmad Ansari
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami (uncredited)
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Abbas Kiarostami Director · Homayun Payvar Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $11K · Budget $120K · United States release March 20, 1998
Box office
Budget
$120,000
Worldwide gross
$10,923
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Kanoon
Production
Kiarostami Foundation
Production
CiBy 2000
Production
Abbas Kiarostami Productions
Production
Iran · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
طعم گيلاس
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
France · May 16, 1997
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · March 20, 1998
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Iran · April 30, 1999
Theatrical
United States
September 28, 1997 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 10, 1997 · Premiere · Hawaii Film Festival
April 27, 1999 · Premiere · Washington DC International Film Festival
June 10, 2017 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
July 27, 2019 · Limited theatrical · IFC Center (4K Restoration)
September 20, 2019 · Premiere · Seattle International Film Festival
November 1, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Digitally Restored Version)
Australia
July 28, 2003 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Brazil
December 26, 1997 · Theatrical
October 1, 2004 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
October 2, 2026 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista ("Abbas Kiarostami em Retrospectiva" - 4K Restoration)
Czechia
January 22, 1998 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100
Finland
October 27, 2000 · Theatrical
June 15, 2007 · Premiere · Midnight Sun Film Festival
France
November 26, 1997 · Theatrical
March 7, 2007 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2019 · Digital · VOD
July 7, 2020 · Physical · Blu-Ray
June 2, 2021 · Theatrical · Re-Release
June 6, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Centre Pompidou (Restored Version)
Greece
November 1, 1997 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 19, 2004 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
August 28, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Indonesia
November 12, 2000 · Premiere · Jakarta International Film Festival
December 6, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Special Screening
Iran
February 1, 1998 · Premiere · Fajr Film Festival
Italy
October 10, 1997 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 1, 1998 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
October 29, 1998 · Theatrical
February 25, 2006 · TV · Nederland 3
South Korea
January 1, 1998 · Theatrical
Ukraine
October 26, 2022 · Premiere · Kyiv Critics Week
March 23, 2023 · Theatrical
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