Le goût de la cerise

*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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Abbas Kiarostami directed Le goût de la cerise in 1997. See Abbas Kiarostami's full filmography, where to start with Abbas Kiarostami, or where to go after you've seen everything by Abbas Kiarostami.

Le goût de la cerise was released in 1997 (FA original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.