If you loved Close-Up, try Taste of Cherry

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and they both carry the foreign gem, outsider mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Close-Up, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Taste of Cherry is

*Ikiru* without the will to live. Mr. Badii drives around Tehran looking for someone who will agree to bury him after he commits suicide. He eventually finds a taker, but the man tries to convince him to choose life. A film about a choice, not an act.

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