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1997 · 99 min · NR

Taste of Cherry

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · Drama

Taste of Cherry (1997) is a Drama film, directed by Abbas Kiarostami set in Tehran during the 1990s.

Themes of madness / loss of sanity, isolation, and mortality & aging play out through metafiction.

Cinematography
Homayun Payvar
Cast
Homayoun ErshadiAbdolrahman BagheriSafar Ali MoradiMir Hossein NooriElham ImaniAfshin Khorshid BakhtiariAhmad Ansari

The world of this film

Setting

Where
Tehran
Setting
Urban
When
1990s

Premise & themes

Themes
Madness / Loss Of SanityIsolationMortality & Aging
Structure
Metafiction
Tone
BleakContemplativeMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist
Solo Lead
Pacing
Slow Burn
Dialogue
Talky Dialogue Driven
Based on
Pure Fiction

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