“TASTE OF CHERRY” 1997 | 1h35’ [IRN] | DEATH & DESIRE Cinema Screenings

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MORTE E DESEJO
[DEATH & DESIRE Cinema Screenings] (Curadoria de Aluísio Leite)

“TASTE OF CHERRY” 1997 | M/12 | 1h35’ [IRN] (O Sabor da Cereja - PT)
By Abbas Kiarostami

Sexta Dia 06/06 às 19h30 [Friday 06/06 at 7:30pm]

Um iraniano conduz o seu carro em busca de alguém que o enterre discretamente debaixo de uma cerejeira depois de se ter suicidado.

An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.

(Original sound in Farsi. English Subtitles)

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Death is the inevitable end and desire is what moves our very own existence. For this cycle, we’ll start with two films that represent death and desire as major, intertwining themes.
We shall start with Abbas Kiarostami’s TASTE OF CHERRY (1997), the first Iranian film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes (ex aequo with Shohei Imamura’s The Eel), A poetic - and devastating - meditation on life, mortality and the weight of individual choice, the film follows a middle-aged man (Homayoun Ershadi) as he drives around the outskirts of Tehran, looking for someone willing to bury him after he commits suicide. The film deals with two things that are taboo under Islam: suicide (mentioned explicitly) and homosexuality (which is only implied and open to interpretation).

All Cinema PROSA films will be shown on an illuminated pixel (65’’ QLED screen) in a room with a maximum capacity of 24 spectators.

Come and have a glass of wine or a non-alcoholic drink in the cinema room with us!

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