Scent of a Crime (Spanish: El aire de un crimen) is a 1988 Spanish rural crime drama film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi consisting of an adaptation of the novel El aire de un crimen by Juan Benet.

The cast features Paco Rabal, Maribel Verdú, Chema Mazo, Fernando Rey and Germán Cobos, among others.

Set in 1950s Spain,[1] the plot tracks the developments after a corpse belonging to a stranger is found in the village of Bocentellas, located in the territory of 'Región'.

[5] Shooting locations included Calatayud (province of Zaragoza) and the neighbouring La Tranquera reservoir [es].

[8] Octavi Martí of El País considered that the overly "flat" cinematography "does not always do justice to the locations and characters", adding up to other flaws that underpin a somewhat "dusty scent" relatable not just to a film set in the 1950s, but to a film shot then too.