'He was one of those rare artists with a special knowledge of the world' Revered Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami died today in Paris at the age of 76. A cinephile's favourite, he directed the Palme D'Or-winning 1997 film Taste of Cherry and was known for his documentary-style of narrative filmmaking, fondness for filming from and in vehicles and stories centring on child protagonists in rural settings. 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.

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