Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi has died at age 78. He was known for his roles in 'Taste of Cherry' and 'The Kite Runner'. Ershadi's career began unexpectedly after a meeting with director Abbas ...

The Iranian director's 1997 film 'Taste of Cherry' won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. By The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, whose 1997 film Taste ...

Kiarostami invited him to star in his 1997 masterpiece “Taste of Cherry”, which went on to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes and cemented Iran’s place in the global art film movement. The director’s ...

Homayoun Ershadi, the distinguished Iranian actor who garnered international acclaim through his quiet yet powerful performances in "Taste of Cherry" and "The Kite Runner", has passed away at the age ...

Produced in two countries halfway across the world from each other and 15 years apart, one film and one limited series offer some of the most compelling discussions of pessimism and despair ever ...

Ershadi rose to international fame with his breakout role in the late Abbas Kiarostami's Palme d'Or-winning Taste of Cherry (1997), which tells the story of a hopeless man looking for someone to bury ...

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Iranian actor Homayoun Ershadi succumbed to cancer on November 11. He was 78 years old and had worked with the likes of Abbas Kiarostami and Dariush Mehrjui. The last couple of days have been strange ...

He collaborated with renowned filmmakers Abbas Kiarostami, Marc Forster, Dariush Mehrjui, Kathryn Bigelow, Marc Forster, Alejandro Amenábar, and others. Taste of Cherry (1997) and The Kite Runner ...