Taste of Cherry

Taste of Cherry
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Persianطعم گیلاس...
Directed byAbbas Kiarostami
Written byAbbas Kiarostami
Produced byAbbas Kiarostami
StarringHomayoun Ershadi
CinematographyHomayun Payvar
Edited byAbbas Kiarostami
Production
companies
Distributed byArtificial Eye
Release dates
  • 16 May 1997 (1997-05-16) (Cannes)
  • 28 September 1997 (1997-09-28) (New York)
  • 30 April 1999 (1999-04-30) (Iran)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Box office$10,923

Taste of Cherry (Persian: طعم گیلاس..., Ta’m-e gīlās...) is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man who drives through a city suburb in search of someone willing to carry out the task of burying him after he commits suicide. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, which it shared with The Eel.