Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
2000 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 742 VOTES · DIR. Bahman Farmanara
Overview
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. His niece's husband, a well-known writer, fails to return home; he searches hospitals for an unclaimed body. His heart disease is flaring up. Is he prepared for death? Is that all that's left?
Dialogue Timeline — 938 lines
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00:00:02 In the name of God
00:03:29 Especially the last three verses from the chapter Al Baquara.
00:08:36 I don't know whether it was caused by the beating or something else.
00:12:49 But you have already buried someone else in that plot.
00:16:47 ...I noticed a black plastic bag on the rear seat.
00:19:16 ...soon we'll have ten-level graves.
00:23:04 I don't know, no, the editorial board meeting was not today.
00:29:20 One is an old man of the former Regime.
00:32:44 "...which disregards every existing law and convention...
00:36:21 Please come in. Pull down the door.
00:39:28 Depends on how you look at it.
00:42:24 What a world!
00:45:31 My friend says if after 50...
00:47:42 ...but the papers are turning it into my own funeral.
00:49:59 Besides, Jaleh and I have had a lovely time in this house.
00:52:39 Since when are you making documentaries?
00:55:21 And third, with pure water.
01:00:24 Somebody has to come and take me there.
01:03:05 Then the day after that, two more came...
01:05:19 ...and then put on her favorite music.
01:08:40 Sir, why are you bothering?
01:14:25 We have become so bitter...
01:19:52 Is this the best Hejleh in the world?
01:25:50 Art Director: Zilla Mehrjouli