Revered Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami died today in Paris at the age of 76.
He died on route to France for treatment on gastrointestinal cancer, according to Iran’s Isna news agency, and tributes have flooded in from other directors.
He was a very special human being: quiet, elegant, modest, articulate, and quite observant – I don’t think he missed anything.
“I was deeply shocked and saddened when I heard the news of Abbas Kiarostami’s death.