Taste of Cherry (1997)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
A man drives the dusty hills on the edge of Tehran looking for someone willing to bury him after he takes his own life.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Streets and labor market≈ 00:00:00Tehran, IranInferred
Badii cruises past day laborers looking for a man to take on a job.
- 2Hillside grave≈ 00:08:00Hills on the edge of TehranInferred
He drives a young Kurdish soldier up to the grave he has dug, and the soldier flees.
- 3Construction site≈ 00:30:00Hills on the edge of TehranInferred
At a construction site he talks with an Afghan guard and a seminary student, who refuses on religious grounds.
- 4Natural history museum≈ 00:55:00Tehran, IranInferred
- 5Hillside grave≈ 01:25:00Hills on the edge of TehranInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 42 km
- Places
- 2
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Car: 42 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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