English Title: Taste of Cherry
Abbas Kiarostami Productions
Starring: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolrahman Bagheri
Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Synopsis: An Iranian man named Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) drives around the outskirts of Tehran looking for a man to do a unique service for him.
Purr Blur: Near the end of the film Mr. Badii is walking around the grounds of a natural history museum. He stops at a vista point overlooking the city. A dark gray or black cat is walking along the low wall as the man approaches a bench to sit down.
As the man sits, the cat jumps down the other side of the wall and disappears. It should be noted that this film has a strange ending which has been known to leave some viewers feeling frustrated.
Final Mewsings: Cats don’t hang around for inconclusive endings.
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