Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

Synopsis

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 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?—

فیلم روایت کارگردان قدیمی است که بیست سال است فیلمی نساخته اما تصمیم می گیرد به سفارش تلویزیون ژاپن فیلمی درباره مراسم تدفین خودش و رسم و رسوم مرگ و عزاداری در بسازد.