Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 21, 2004
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: New Yorker Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Reza Kianian, Firooz Behjat Mahamadi, Vali Shirandami, Hossien Kasbian, Roya Nonahali, Mahtaj Noojoomi, Bahman Farmanara & Parivash Nazarieh | |
Directed by | Bahman Farmanara | |
Screenwriting by | Bahman Farmanara |
Entertainment Reviews:
...JASMINE is an extremely assured and mature work....There's enough wit and mature perspective to provide ample rewards...
Hollywood Reporter
A bitter but funny examination of the problems of life in a society in which a man cannot do his job.
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San Diego Metropolitan
Rating: B --
Somber and haunting with an undertow of mordant wit, Mr. Farmanara's comeback finds its morning in life and nature.
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Dallas Morning News
A feat of droll, refractive, melodramatic self-portraiture.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Boasts rich texture, sly vision and rueful humor.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Our comeback tale should end on a classic note of resounding triumph. Should -- but doesn't.
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Globe and Mail
...This is a richly contemplative film, ironic, probing and revealing of life in Iran, both pre- and post-revolution....[A] consistently acute, subtle and observant film...
Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
Banned from making films for over twenty years by Iran's Post-Revolutionary Censor Board, Bahman Farmanara returns with SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE, a deeply inspiring meditation on existence and death. Farmanara plays Bahman Farjami, a director in his mid-50s who continues to mourn his recently deceased wife. While driving to visit her grave one morning, he picks up a distraught young woman, who turns out to be carrying a stillborn child with her. When he gets to the graveyard, the day quickly turns worse. It appears that a mix-up has occurred and the plot Bahman has reserved for himself, adjacent to his wife's grave, has been mistakenly occupied. Distraught and confused, Bahman visits his doctor only to discover that if he doesn't quit smoking cigarettes, he won't be living much longer. To try to make sense of his demise and the effect it will have on those closest to him, Bahman decides to stage and film his own funeral. But when the morning comes to shoot the morbid recreation, it appears that his own time has come, sparking a realization that teaches Bahman a powerful lesson once and for all. Deftly incorporating his own experiences, Farmanara's personal essay reverberates with a sincerity that most films never achieve.
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- Sales Rank: 41,564
- UPC: 717119798444
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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