Taste of Cherry
E515493
Taste of Cherry is a 1997 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami that follows a man driving around Tehran in search of someone willing to bury him after his planned suicide.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iranian film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Palme d'Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedAt | 1997 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Homayoun Payvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
individual freedom
ⓘ
social responsibility ⓘ |
| distributor | MK2 Diffusion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Abbas Kiarostami
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bahman Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMovement | Iranian New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | a man driving around Tehran in search of someone to bury him after his planned suicide ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | color ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
long takes
ⓘ
minimalist style ⓘ non-professional actors ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
burial
ⓘ
suicidal ideation ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Mr. Badii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | road movie structure ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | open-ended ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of ethical and religious views on suicide
ⓘ
use of ambiguous ending ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Persian ⓘ |
| partOf | Abbas Kiarostami filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Abbas Kiarostami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Tehran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundMix | mono ⓘ |
| stars |
Abdolrahman Bagheri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari NERFINISHED ⓘ Homayoun Ershadi NERFINISHED ⓘ Safar Ali Moradi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ human connection ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 1997 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.