Ṭaʻm-i gīlās = Taste of cherry /
طعم گىلاس /
A tale of one middle-aged man who wishes to die in a society where suicide is considered as an abomination. Driving in the hills above Tehran, he meets an assortment of different characters : Afghans, Kurds, Turks, prisoners of the desert, a soldier, a seminary student and a museum employee, each wi...
| Uniform Title: | Ṭaʻm-i gīlās (Motion picture) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Persian |
| Language Notes: | In Persian with English subtitles. |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Kanopy Streaming,
2022.
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| Online Access: | A Kanopy streaming video Cover Image A Kanopy streaming video A Kanopy streaming video |
| Summary: | A tale of one middle-aged man who wishes to die in a society where suicide is considered as an abomination. Driving in the hills above Tehran, he meets an assortment of different characters : Afghans, Kurds, Turks, prisoners of the desert, a soldier, a seminary student and a museum employee, each with reasons to turn down the job : fear, religious scruples and humanist revulsion at a life wilfully squandered. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1997. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes) : sound, color |