In this episode, we discuss Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry, including Mr. Badii's treatment of the three supporting characters, the visual motif of dirt, and the film's self-reflexive ending.

See where Taste of Cherry is available to watch.

Supplemental Material:

• The Criterion Collection's Taste of Cherry Blu-ray

• Taste of Cherry (The Criterion Channel)

• Taste of Cherry: Stay Near the Tree by A. S. Hamrah

• Taste of Cherry by Godfrey Cheshire

• Abbas Kiarostami | In Conversation With... (TIFF Originals)

• Martin Scorsese on Abbas Kiarostami

Additional Audio Sources:

• The Criterion Collection's Taste of Cherry Blu-ray

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