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Taste of Cherry (1997)
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A man drives the hills outside Tehran seeking help with a planned suicide, and extended conversations turn the car into a space for listening. Kiarostami lets stretches of landscape and silence interrupt the apparent task, giving each passenger's response time to register. The withheld background and ambiguous finish resist a neat explanation. This is compassionate but emotionally demanding viewing, useful when you want slowness to sharpen attention to another person's dilemma.
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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.