Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

★★★★★

Original title: Booye kafoor, atre yas

2000 · 1 h 32 min

Directed by Bahman Farmanara

Drama

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Cast

Bahman Farmanara Roya Nonahali Ebrahim Abadi Dariush Asadzade Firouz Behjat Mohammadi Valiyollah Shirandami

Credits

Written by: Bahman Farmanara

Plot

A film director whose life has stopped faces his own mortality when a series of funerals puts him in touch with Tehran's society after the revolution.

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A wry, personal meditation on death.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (773 votes)
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