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Taste of Cherry

1997·1h 35m·Not Rated
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 7.7/10
44,191 votes
Metascore
80
Metacritic

An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.

Taste of Cherry is a 1997 drama movie directed by Abbas Kiarostami, starring Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Homayoun Ershadi, Safar Ali Moradi. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.7/10 from 44,191 votes and runs 1h 35m.

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Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Stars
Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
Homayoun Ershadi
Safar Ali Moradi
Abdolhosein Bagheri
Creators
Abbas Kiarostami
Details
1997-11-26
95 min
Movie
Not Rated
★ Iran, France
★ Persian, Kurdish
Keywords
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