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Exploring the Three-Act Structure through Taste of Cherry

Explore pattern stories and repetition through Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry. Watch the film together, then discuss how repetition creates intrigue, surprise, and meaning. All welcome.

This is a two-session literary event with Iryn Tushabe our Writer in Residence.

1. The first session will be a screening of Abbas Kiarostami’s film Taste of Cherry on November 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Film Theatre at the Central Library. Free Admission. 
2. The second session will take place on November 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the CE-1 room, where we will come together for a discussion about the film and its storytelling structure.

Learning Outcome: The idea is to explore the three-act structure through Taste of Cherry, which is an excellent example of this form of storytelling. We’ll have coffee and tea available while we discuss the film and share our thoughts.

If you missed the first session but would still like to join the second session, no problem! The first session was a free screening of Taste of Cherry. You should watch the film before attending the second session, you can stream it for free on Kanopy using your library card. Simply search for Taste of Cherry on https://www.reginalibrary.ca/digitalservices/kanopy

Exploring the Three-Act Structure through Taste of Cherry

• Part 1 Free Admission | Thursday November 12 - 7:00pm |Film Theatre, Central Library

What is a pattern story and how can we make use of repetition without sacrificing intrigue and surprise? This is a two-part workshop. The first part is the viewing of Abbas Kiarostami’s award-winning film Taste of Cherry (1997). We will watch the film together in the RPL film Theatre on the 12th of November. The following Thursday evening, we will come together again, this time to consider how the film’s protagonist, Mr. Badii, tries once, twice, and a third time to achieve his objective. This film screening is part of the Writer in Residence’s Writing in Community series.

• Part 2 | Thursday November 19 - 6:30pm- 8:30pm |Room CE-2, Central Library

This workshop builds of the previous weeks’ screening of Abbas Kiarostami’s award-winning film Taste of Cherry (1997). We will discuss the Three-Act Structure and consider how Kiarostami puts his protagonist, Mr. Badii, through the same sequence of events three separate times without once losing the viewer’s attention. How might we similarly employ circularity and repetition in our own fiction projects.

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