Taste of Cherry (1997) – Filming Locations
Drama · Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · Starring Homayoun Ershadi
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.
Where was Taste of Cherry filmed?
- Tehran, Iran, Tehran – Mr. Badii drives through the hills searching for someone to help him. The winding roads and barren hillsides of Tehran's northern suburbs serve as the primary setting where most of the film's driving scenes and encounters occur
- Tehran, Iran, Tehran – The film's concluding sequence where Mr. Badii drives through the cemetery grounds. The vast cemetery on Tehran's outskirts provides the meditative final setting, shot during rainfall with documentary-style realism
- Tehran, Iran, Tehran – Multiple scenes of Mr. Badii driving through different districts offering rides to potential companions. The authentic urban and suburban landscape of Tehran is used throughout to ground the film's philosophical narrative in contemporary Iranian reality