New on Blu-ray: TASTE OF CHERRY (1997) - Criterion Collection

Product Description: The first Iranian film to win the Palme d’Or, this austere, emotionally complex drama by the great Abbas Kiarostami follows the middle-aged Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) as he drives around the hilly outskirts of Tehran looking for someone who will agree to dispose of his body after he commits suicide, a taboo under Islam. Extended conversations with three passengers (a soldier, a seminarian, and a taxidermist) elicit different views of mortality and individual choice. Operating at once as a closely observed, realistic story and a fable populated by archetypal figures, Taste of Cherry challenges the viewer to consider what often goes unexamined in everyday life.

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Director: Abbas Kiarostami

Starring: Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Abdolrahman Bagheri, Mir Hossein Noori, Homayoun Ershadi, Abdol Hossain Bagheri

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 95 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Persian

Studio: Criterion Collection

Home Video Release Date: July 21, 2020

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Region: Region A/1

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New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Project, Abbas Kiarostami’s 39-minute 1997 sketch film for Taste of Cherry, made with the director’s son Bahman Kiarostami
New interview with Iranian film scholar Hamid Naficy
Rare 1997 interview with Abbas Kiarostami, conducted by Iranian film scholar Jamsheed Akrami
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New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic A. S. Hamrah