In the Southern California of 2040, as anti-robot and anti-AI protests rage throughout the country, a female robot named Aria is assigned as the home office assistant of a dying literature professor. The pair develop a friendship against the odds, and the professor's disintegrating health teaches the robot about life and death, and the importance of humanity, the arts, and agency. The Fragrance of Petrichor is the first-ever completed full-length motion picture using artificial intelligence as entire cast and crew. It wrapped 2 November 2024 at 3:45 AM in Southern California.