Cinematic background from Taste of Cherry 1997 - 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.
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A car driving down a dirt road in the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An older man in a suit and tie driving a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in the drivers seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man taking a picture of a woman through a car window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person sitting in a car; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person driving a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A group of people walking down a street; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An older man with a mustache is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing in front of a mountain range; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man is looking through a window at something on a table; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A group of people riding horses down a dirt road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing on top of a hill talking on a cell phone; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man squatting on a ledge in front of mountains; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person in a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person sitting in a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person wearing a jacket on a hill; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in front of a window with a mountain view; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting on a bench looking out over a city; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person with long hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting on a bench in front of an airplane; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting on top of a bench with his arms crossed; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person with his eyes closed; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man is standing in front of a metal gate; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person with long hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing in front of a large window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing in front of a vehicle; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man in a hat looking out the window of a vehicle; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A car driving down a dirt road in the middle of nowhere; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man is walking through a gate with people; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man and a woman in the back of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A dirt road with power lines on the side of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person looking out of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – Two children are looking out of a car window; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An older man sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An aerial view of a jeep driving down a dirt road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A truck driving down a dirt road in the middle of a desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing next to a car looking out a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing on top of a building near a bunch of buildings; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man wearing a hat and a neck scarf; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting on the edge of a wall; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A car driving down a dirt road in the middle of a desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man is walking in a field of dry grass; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An older man standing in front of an easel; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A view of some buildings in the middle of a city; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A car driving down a dirt road in the middle of the desert; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing on top of a hill looking at a city; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An aerial view of a grassy area with a road in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – Two men are standing on a balcony with potted plants; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An empty field with trees in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing next to a pile of wood; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An orange sun setting over a city with a crane in the foreground; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man wearing a hat and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An aerial view of a city and a hill with trees; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – An aerial view of a street with a car parked on the side of the road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person with long hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A person in a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man wearing a hat and a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting on the ground in the sand; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in the drivers seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing on top of a hill looking at a city; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man standing in the middle of a field; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Taste of Cherry” (1997), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle