Project OTTID:1063525
Taste of Cherry
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Abbas Kiarostami often made sort “sketch” films while conceptualizing his features. In this forty-four-minute one for TASTE OF CHERRY, the director, along with his son Bahman, acts out some of the parts, considers the film’s structure and dialogue, and plans some shots.
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