Taste of Cherry (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

The first Iranian film to win the Palme d'Or, this austere, emotionally complex drama by the great Abbas Kiarostami follows the middle-aged Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) as he drives around the hilly outskirts of Tehran looking for someone who will agree to dispose of his body after he commits suicide, a taboo under Islam. Extended conversations with three passengers (a soldier, a seminarian, and a taxidermist) elicit different views of mortality and individual choice. Operating at once as a closely observed, realistic story and a fable populated by archetypal figures, Taste of Cherry challenges the viewer to consider what often goes unexamined in everyday life.

Starring: Abdolrahman Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Mir Hossein Noori, Homayoun Ershadi, Abdol Hossain Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtari, Safar Ali Moradi, Mir Hossain Nouri, Ahman Ansari, Hamid Massoumi, Elham Emani, Ahmad Jahangiri, Nasrolah Amini, Sepideh Askari

Director: Abbas Kiarostami, Colbert Clark