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Taste of Cherry(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-09-28
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622 Votes
Time: 1h 39m
The end of the road.
Overview:
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.
Languages: Persian.
Countries:
Iran,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Taste of Cherry
Top 7 Billed Cast
Homayoun Ershadi
Mr. Badii
Abdolrahman Bagheri
Mr. Bagheri
Safar Ali Moradi
Soldier
Mir Hossein Noori
Seminarian
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