Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Language
- Persian
- Country
- Iran, France
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Persian — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- depression
- suicide
- life and death
- muslim
- talking
- nihilism
- koran
- teheran (tehran)
- iran
- construction site
- suicidal thoughts
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Homayoun Ershadi
Mr. Badii
Abdolrahman Bagheri
Mr. Bagheri
Safar Ali Moradi
Soldier
Mir Hossein Noori
Seminarian
- Elham Imani — Photographer
- Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari — Worker
- Ahmad Ansari — Self
- Directed
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Written
- Abbas Kiarostami
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 712 ratings
- Studio
- Kanoon, Kiarostami Foundation, CiBy 2000
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
