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Taste of Cherry (1997)

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · Cinematography by Homayun Payvar

95 min36 frames

Drama

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Taste of Cherry — official trailer

What is Taste of Cherry about?

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.

Taste of Cherry is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited, and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man who drives through a city suburb in search of someone willing to carry out the task of burying him after he commits suicide. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, which it shared with The Eel.

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Where can you watch Taste of Cherry?

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What does the cinematography of Taste of Cherry look like?

Across 34 sampled frames, Taste of Cherry builds its coverage from medium shots, with wide compositions carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Homayun Payvar keeps almost all of it in soft, naturalistic light. Golden-hour light is a recurring motif. Vintage glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Taste of Cherry?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Taste of Cherry (1997) are #302f2b, #544937, #57534a, #ceb78e, #ab9272, #d4c6aa — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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