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Taste of Cherry

PMA Films

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry is an emotionally complex meditation on life and death.

Part of PMA Films' Abbas Kiarostami Mini-Retrospective

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry is an emotionally complex meditation on life and death. Middle-aged Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) drives through the hilly outskirts of Tehran—searching for someone to rescue or bury him.

Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Run time: 99 minutes
Rated: NR
In Persian with English subtitles

Earlier Event: December 11
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Later Event: December 12
Art After Hours: N. C. Wyeth