Synopsis
طعم گيلاس
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.
Audience Engagement
500 audience reviews — more than 99% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 99th percentile among Other Asia films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Taste of Cherry. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Kanoon
The 1996–1998 Other Asia Window
Taste of Cherry holds position #4 of 20 Other Asia films in the 1996–1998 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Other Asia, 53 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Taste of Cherry premiered alongside 5 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 5 other Other Asia films in 1997.
The 96th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Taste of Cherry, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- life and death · 5
- iranian new wave · 5
- nihilism · 4
- on the road · 4
- construction site · 3
- driving · 3
- self-harm · 3
- hopelessness · 2
- talking · 1
- koran · 1
- suicidal thoughts · 1
- grave digging · 1
- road story · 1
- life challenges · 1
- contemplating suicide · 1
- ideologies · 1
- religious conversation · 1
- iranian cinema · 1
- desperation · 1
- commit suicide · 1
- depressed man · 1
- road movie · 16
- teheran (tehran) · 13
- muslim · 9
- suicide · 51
- iran · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #62 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (89th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #42 of 356 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Production Companies | Kanoon, Abbas Kiarostami Productions, CiBy 2000 |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | September 28, 1997 |
| IMDb | tt0120265 |