Ta’m e guilass (1997)

Taste of Cherry poster

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.

Taste of Cherry - dark cat walking along wall

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.

Taste of Cherry - dark cat looking back at man from wall

Final Mewsings: Cats don’t hang around for inconclusive endings.


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