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TA'M E GUILASS (1997)

AKAs:
A Taste of Cherry (USA)


Criterion Collection # 45

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Release Date: June 08, 1999


Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Description: 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. Criterion is proud to present the DVD premiere of Taste of Cherry in a beautiful widescreen transfer.


READ:
Taste of Cherry
by Godfrey Cheshire
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 3.35 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 95 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 | Non-Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Farsi

Subtitles: optional English


DISC FEATURES:

# Theatrical trailer.
# Rare interview with filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami by Iranian film scholar Dr. Jamsheed Akrami.
# Kiarostami feature filmography.

Poster: Jim B