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.
00:08:41 I'm now going home to give him the baby.
00:12:52 We have computerized everything...
00:16:51 Right, and I came here 8 o'clock in the morning to share it with you.
00:19:27 Here, take my car and go. I will send your car later.
00:23:22 ...just in case...
00:30:14 - Hello. - Hi, Bahman.
00:33:12 "...in such a way that it is compatible with freedom.
00:36:47 In a 70 square meter apartment, we don't have enough room...
00:39:48 You don't need to embrace it. It'll come soon enough.
00:43:02 Couldn't you give me a discount?
00:45:57 Abdollah, empty these ashtrays, and dust this table and the books.
00:48:15 But don't you think it is about time you thought about a new life?
00:50:50 Survived another storm, sir?
00:53:31 How are the kids and Farideh?
00:58:19 Let's insert a shot of these mourners...
01:01:11 You had a mustache?
01:03:44 Well, if it is a documentary...
01:06:40 ...your perfume drives away the smell of camphor and...
01:09:45 ...when the corpse should be lowered...
01:15:20 What am I to tell them?
01:22:14 "Congratulations, Daddy. You've become a grandfather."
400:00:00 for a Termeh.