Ta'm e guilass

"The end of the road."

Nov 26 1997 Not Rated 1h 35m
Drama

A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

Plot

Middle-aged Mr.Badii is planning to commit suicide and desperately seeks anyone to assist him - he has already dug out the grave in the mountains, but the assistant will have to bury him when he will do the deed. He asks Kurd soldier, Afghan seminarian, but everyone refuses by some reason. Finally he finds an old Turkish taxidermist, who has a sick son and previously attempted suicide himself, and he agrees to assist Badii.

Written by

Abbas Kiarostami

Directed by

Abbas Kiarostami

Cast

Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari

Crew

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Production Countries

Iran, France

Production Companies

CiBy 2000, Abbas Kiarostami Productions, Kanoon

Languages

Awards

3 wins & 5 nominations

Trailers
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Scores
# of Votes
39,397
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
80
Popularity
NA