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The Scent of Green Papaya

1993 · 104 min

A quiet, sensory immersion into a vanished world, where small gestures and sounds carry deep emotion and the pace invites contemplation.

Overview
1950s Saigon through the eyes of Mui, a Vietnamese servant girl. At 10 years-old, Mui leaves her village to work for an affluent, troubled family. As she comes of age, Mui finds work in the household of a pianist she has admired since childhood, and finds their relationship growing in complexity.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • class
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Trần Anh Hùng
Written by
Trần Anh Hùng
Starring
Trần Nữ Yên Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Ánh Hoa, Hoa Hoi Vuong, Ngoc Trung Tran, Vantha Talisman, Keo Souvannavong
Music
Tôn-Thât Tiêt
Cinematography
Benoît Delhomme
Runtime
104 min
Country
France
Languages
Vietnamese

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