Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
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Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

2000
Drama
1h 32m
Death surrounds Bahman, a director who hasn't made a film in 24 years (he can't get past the censors). He's working on a documentary, for Japanese TV, on Iranian burial practices. On the anniversary of his wife's death, a hitchhiker tells him a story of spousal abuse and infant mortality, he discovers that someone has been buried in his plot next to his wife, and he needs the help of his attorney, a well-connected fixer. He dreams of death, even as he investigates it for his film.

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

2000
Drama
1h 32m
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Rated 17 Jul 2022
75
84th
With Iranian cinema's trademark self-referentiality, Farmanara plays himself as a director who, after a long hiatus, is making a movie about death. It is a hauntingly poetic film, whose innocent dialogue is replete with the writer's wisdom and subtle macabre humor; the protagonist's hint of jealousy over a stranger's burial next to his deceased wife a fine example of this. It's quite poorly shot and Farmanara can't act, but the script is simply beautiful.

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