(Domenico Stinellis, File/Associated Press)TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, whose 1997 film “Taste of Cherry” won the prestigious Palme d’Or and who kept working despite government resistance, died Monday. FILE - In an Aug. 28, 2008 file photo, acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami poses during the photo call of his movie ‘Shirin’ (My sweet Shirin) at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Iran’s official news agency IRNA says Kiarostami, whose 1997 film “Taste of Cherry” won the Palme d’Or, died Monday, July 4, 2016, in Paris, where he had gone for cancer treatment. Kiarostami is survived by two sons, Ahmad and Bahman Kiarostami, who work in multimedia and documentary film. For that film and others, Kiarostami had to work outside Iran because of the difficulties in making movies there.

Source: Washington Post July 04, 2016 20:29 UTC