The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

Original title

Mùi đu đủ xanh

Directed by

Trần Anh Hùng

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Vietnam, France

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 215 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s Saigon, a ten year old girl named Mui works as a servant for a wealthy family. The movie follows her daily life as she does chores, observes the family, and finds small moments of beauty in her surroundings.

slowmeditativequietsensuousmelancholicvisually beautifulpeacefulintrospective

What happens

The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh, French: L'Odeur de la papaye verte) is a 1993 Vietnamese-French drama film written and directed by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung, and starring Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, and Thi Loc Truong. The film won the Caméra d'Or prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, a César Award for Best Debut at the French annual film award ceremony, and was nominated for the 1993 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was Tran Anh Hung's first feature film and stars his wife, Tran Nu Yên-Khê. It is also his first collaboration with Vietnamese composer Tôn-Thât Tiêt, who subsequently wrote the music for two more films: Cyclo and Vertical Ray of the Sun. Although set in Vietnam, the film was shot entirely on a soundstage in Bry-sur-Marne, France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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