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A film by Abbas Kiarostami
Original title · طعم گيلاس
Taste of Cherry is a 1997 drama and road movie film from Iran, directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The catalog lists a running time of 95 minutes.
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The EFC Take
Context for the first viewing. Formal questions for the second.
01 · The clean way in
Taste of Cherry is a drama and road movie film released in 1997 from Iran, directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Its premise is concise but suggestive: Taste of Cherry is a 1997 drama and road movie film from Iran, directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The catalog lists a running time of 95 minutes. The cleanest way in is to let its first images establish the rules before deciding what kind of film it wants to be.
02 · The fresh take
A film earns its distinctiveness through emphasis, and emphasis is often clearest in what the camera declines to underline. Its genre signals establish a contract with the viewer; the interesting moments arrive whenever that contract is revised. Pacing is less about speed than pressure, and the revealing question is where that pressure builds or releases. Here, that canvas runs 95 minutes. Let the film finish before deciding what it has done—some meanings only become visible in retrospect.
Watch closely
Pay attention to entrances and exits, especially when the camera stays behind. The decisive detail may be the one the film trusts you to notice without announcing it.
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