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The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya
Directed by	Tran Anh Hung
Written by	Tran Anh Hung
Produced by	Christophe Rossignon
Cinematography	Benoît Delhomme
Edited by	Nicole Dedieu; Jean-Pierre Roques
Music by	Tôn-Thât Tiêt
Distributed by	Président Films
Release date	8 June 1993;
Running time	104 minutes
Country	France
Language	Vietnamese
Box office	$1,700,992

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The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh, French: L'Odeur de la papaye verte) is a 1993 Vietnamese-language 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.^[2]

The film won the Caméra d'Or prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival,^[3] 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.^[4] 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.

Plot

A young girl, Mùi, becomes a servant for a family in pre-unification (1951) Saigon that was once wealthy but is sinking into genteel poverty due to the husband's infidelities and spending sprees. Their only income is from the wife's small fabric/textile shop. The husband's widowed mother, an invalid who seldom leaves her upstairs room, blames her daughter-in-law, telling her, "You have a man, but you don't know how to keep him happy." The eldest son prefers his friend's company, the bookish middle son torments insects, and the youngest - who idolizes his father - is willful, disruptive, and resentful. Mùi is notably peaceful and intensely curious about the world. Having lost a young daughter during one of her husband's earlier absences, the wife is kind to Mùi, treating her like one of her own.

When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he steals his wife's meagre savings and jewelry. He stays away long enough for the family to almost run out of food and go hungry. He returns with some of the jewelry he took, but collapses soon after his return home; the wife sells an heirloom vase and other valuables in anticipation of imminent medical expenses, and a doctor is summoned. As he is treated with acupuncture, musicians play cheerful music outside the room. When he dies, the wife faints, and the family is shocked.

Ten years later, the family has fallen on hard times. Two sons have left, and the wife has taken the place of the grandmother upstairs, tragic and rarely seen. On the family shrine, the grandmother's and husband's photos have joined those of other departed relatives. It is determined that the household can no longer afford to keep Mùi. The heartbroken wife gives Mùi a silk dress and some gold jewelry, and Mùi becomes a servant for the older son's wealthy friend, who is now a concert pianist. He is engaged to be married but seems to prefer playing the piano to spending time with his frivolous fiancée.

One night, as the fiancée chatters on, his piano playing becomes more stormy as he strives to ignore her. She leaves but watches through the window and sees that when Mùi enters the room, his playing becomes both passionate and peaceful. Later that night, he goes to Mùi's quarters and closes the door behind him. When the fiancée learns of this, she furiously slaps Mùi, smashes some of his belongings, and then leaves her engagement ring on a table. When he returns, he calmly pockets the ring. He starts teaching Mùi to read and write. In the final scene, a visibly pregnant Mùi is reading poetry to him and smiles.

Cast

Tran Nu Yên-Khê as Mui, age 20 (as Trân Nu Yên-Khê)
Man San Lu as Mui, age 10
Thi Loc Truong as the mother (as Truong Thi Lôc)
Anh Hoa Nguyen as the older Ti (as Nguyên 'Anh Hoa)
Hoa Hoi Vuong as Khuyen (as Vuong Hòa Hôi)
Ngoc Trung Tran as the father
Vantha Talisman as Thu
Keo Souvannavong as Trung
Van Oanh Nguyen as Mr. Thuan
Gerard Neth as Tin
Nhat Do as Lam
Thi Hai Vo as the grandmother
Thi Thanh Tra Nguyen as Mai
Lam Huy Bui as the doctor
Xuan Thu Nguyen as the antique dealer
Xuan Loi Phan as Musician
Xuan Dung Phan as Musician
Van Chung Le as Musicien
Tho Phuong as Barber
Long Chau as Client
Thi Van Khanh Truong as Client
Hông Hanh Luguern as Client
Ba Hung Phan as the water delivery man^[5]

Production

Produced by French production company Les Productions Lazennec, the film is the debut feature film of Vietnamese-born French director Tran Anh Hung. Tran traveled to Vietnam for the first time in 16 years while the film was being prepared, making several trips to Ho Chi Minh City with his French producer Christophe Rossington. They originally planned to shoot the film on location in Vietnam. However, as filming in Vietnam proved to be too cumbersome, this plan was scrapped and the film was made in a studio in France instead. They reconstructed downtown Saigon at the studios of Bry-sur-Marne.^[6]^[7]

The cast consisted mostly of amateurs, found through a lengthy casting process. Except for the old servant who they brought from Vietnam, all the actors were from France. Some of them had hardly any knowledge of Vietnamese or spoke different dialects. The actress who played Mùi, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, is the director's wife.^[6]^[7]

Reception

Year-end lists

4th – Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News^[8]
4th – David Elliott, The San Diego Union-Tribune^[9]

Awards and nominations

1993 Cannes Film Festival Award of the Youth French Film (Anh Hung Tran) Won
1993 Cannes Film Festival Golden Camera Award (Anh Hung Tran) Won
1993 Camerimage Golden Frog Award Nomination (Benoît Delhomme)^[10]^[11]
1994 Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
1994 British Film Institute Award Sutherland Trophy (Anh Hung Tran) Won
1994 César Award for Best First Work (Anh Hung Tran) Won^[12]

References

^ "The Scent of Green Papaya". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
^ "The Scent of Green Papaya". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
^ "Mui Du Du Xanh". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
^ "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "Full cast and crew for The Scent of Green Papaya". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Booklet for the German DVD release of Der Duft der Grünen Papaya, Galileo Medien AG, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Scent Of Green Papaya" (PDF). Woking's New Cinema Club. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ Strauss, Bob (December 30, 1994). "At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality". Los Angeles Daily News (Valley ed.). p. L6.
^ Elliott, David (December 25, 1994). "On the big screen, color it a satisfying time". The San Diego Union-Tribune (1, 2 ed.). p. E=8.
^ "Camerimage 1993". Mubi. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ Elia, Maurice (1994). "Camerimage 93 An 1". Érudit (169): 8. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^ "L'odeur de la papaye verte". César Awards (in French). Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

External links

[mojo-1] "The Scent of Green Papaya". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

[imdb-2] "The Scent of Green Papaya". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

[cannes-3] "Mui Du Du Xanh". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

[Oscars1994-4] "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[imdbcast-5] "Full cast and crew for The Scent of Green Papaya". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

[Booklet-6] Booklet for the German DVD release of Der Duft der Grünen Papaya, Galileo Medien AG, 2007.

[WNCC-7] "Scent Of Green Papaya" (PDF). Woking's New Cinema Club. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[8] Strauss, Bob (December 30, 1994). "At the Movies: Quantity Over Quality". Los Angeles Daily News (Valley ed.). p. L6.

[9] Elliott, David (December 25, 1994). "On the big screen, color it a satisfying time". The San Diego Union-Tribune (1, 2 ed.). p. E=8.

[10] "Camerimage 1993". Mubi. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[11] Elia, Maurice (1994). "Camerimage 93 An 1". Érudit (169): 8. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

[12] "L'odeur de la papaye verte". César Awards (in French). Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

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-'''''The Scent of Green Papaya''''' ([[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]: ''Mùi đu đủ xanh'', [[French language|French]]: ''L'Odeur de la papaye verte'') is a 1993 Vietnamese-language French [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by Vietnamese-French director [[Tran Anh Hung]], and starring [[Tran Nu Yên-Khê]], Man San Lu, and Thi Loc Truong.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=The Scent of Green Papaya |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107617/ |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref>
+'''''The Scent of Green Papaya''''' ([[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]: ''Mùi đu đủ xanh'', [[French language|French]]: ''L'Odeur de la papaye verte'') is a 1993 Vietnamese-language French [[Drama (film and television)|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.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=The Scent of Green Papaya |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107617/ |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref>
-The film won the [[Caméra d'Or]] prize at the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="cannes">{{cite web|title=Mui Du Du Xanh |publisher=Festival de Cannes |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2620/year/1993.html |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Oscars1994">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=25 September 2015 |work=oscars.org}}</ref> 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 (film)|Cyclo]]'' and ''[[Vertical Ray of the Sun]]''.
+The film won the [[Caméra d'Or]] prize at the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="cannes">{{cite web|title=Mui Du Du Xanh |publisher=Festival de Cannes |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2620/year/1993.html |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Oscars1994">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=25 September 2015 |work=oscars.org|date=4 October 2014 }}</ref> 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 (film)|Cyclo]]'' and ''[[Vertical Ray of the Sun]]''.
 Although set in Vietnam, the film was shot entirely on a [[soundstage]] in [[Bry-sur-Marne]], France.
 ==Plot==
-A young girl, Mùi, becomes a servant for a family that was once wealthy, but is sinking into [[genteel poverty]] due to the husband's infidelities and spending sprees. Their only income is from the wife's small business. The husband's widowed mother, an invalid who seldom leaves her upstairs room, blames her daughter-in-law, telling her, "You have a man, but you don't know how to keep him happy." The eldest son prefers his friend's company, the bookish middle son torments insects, and the youngest, who idolizes his father, is willful, disruptive, and resentful. Mùi is notably peaceful and intensely curious about the world. Having lost a young daughter during one of her husband's earlier absences, the wife is kind to Mùi, treating her like one of her own.
+A young girl, Mùi, becomes a servant for a family in [[Ho Chi Minh City|pre-unification (1951) Saigon]] that was once wealthy but is sinking into [[genteel poverty]] due to the husband's infidelities and spending sprees. Their only income is from the wife's small fabric/textile shop. The husband's widowed mother, an invalid who seldom leaves her upstairs room, blames her daughter-in-law, telling her, "You have a man, but you don't know how to keep him happy." The eldest son prefers his friend's company, the bookish middle son torments insects, and the youngest - who idolizes his father - is willful, disruptive, and resentful. Mùi is notably peaceful and intensely curious about the world. Having lost a young daughter during one of her husband's earlier absences, the wife is kind to Mùi, treating her like one of her own.
-When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he steals his wife's meagre savings and jewelry. He stays away long enough for the family to almost run out of food and go hungry. He collapses soon after his return home, the wife sells an heirloom vase and other valuables to pay for medical expenses, and a doctor is summoned. As he is treated with [[acupuncture]], musicians play cheerful music outside the room. When he dies, the wife faints and the family is shocked.
+When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he steals his wife's meagre savings and jewelry. He stays away long enough for the family to almost run out of food and go hungry. He returns with some of the jewelry he took, but collapses soon after his return home; the wife sells an heirloom vase and other valuables in anticipation of imminent medical expenses, and a doctor is summoned. As he is treated with [[acupuncture]], musicians play cheerful music outside the room. When he dies, the wife faints, and the family is shocked.
-Ten years later, the family has fallen on hard times. Two sons have left, and the wife has taken the place of the grandmother upstairs, tragic and rarely seen. On the family shrine, the grandmother's and husband's photos have joined those of other departed relatives. It is determined that the household can no longer afford to keep Mùi. The heartbroken wife gives Mùi a silk dress and some gold jewelry, and Mùi become a servant for the older son's wealthy friend, who is now a concert pianist. He is engaged to be married, but seems to prefer playing the piano to spending time with his frivolous fiancée.
+Ten years later, the family has fallen on hard times. Two sons have left, and the wife has taken the place of the grandmother upstairs, tragic and rarely seen. On the family shrine, the grandmother's and husband's photos have joined those of other departed relatives. It is determined that the household can no longer afford to keep Mùi. The heartbroken wife gives Mùi a silk dress and some gold jewelry, and Mùi becomes a servant for the older son's wealthy friend, who is now a concert pianist. He is engaged to be married but seems to prefer playing the piano to spending time with his frivolous fiancée.
-One night, as the fiancée chatters on, his piano playing becomes more stormy as he strives to ignore her. She leaves, but watches through the window, and sees that when Mùi enters the room, his playing becomes both passionate and peaceful. Later that night, he goes to Mùi's quarters and closes the door behind him. When the fiancée learns of this she furiously slaps Mùi, smashes some of his belongings, and then leaves her engagement ring on a table. When he returns, he calmly pockets the ring. He starts teaching Mùi to read and write. In the final scene, a visibly pregnant Mùi is reading poetry to him, and smiles.
+One night, as the fiancée chatters on, his piano playing becomes more stormy as he strives to ignore her. She leaves but watches through the window and sees that when Mùi enters the room, his playing becomes both passionate and peaceful. Later that night, he goes to Mùi's quarters and closes the door behind him. When the fiancée learns of this, she furiously slaps Mùi, smashes some of his belongings, and then leaves her engagement ring on a table. When he returns, he calmly pockets the ring. He starts teaching Mùi to read and write. In the final scene, a visibly pregnant Mùi is reading poetry to him and smiles.
 ==Cast==
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 * Thi Van Khanh Truong as Client
 * Hông Hanh Luguern as Client
-* Ba Hang Phan as the water delivery man<ref name="imdbcast">{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for The Scent of Green Papaya |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107617/fullcredits#cast |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref>
+* Ba Hung Phan as the water delivery man<ref name="imdbcast">{{cite web|title=Full cast and crew for The Scent of Green Papaya |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107617/fullcredits#cast |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref>
 }}
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 * 1993 [[Cannes Film Festival]] Award of the Youth French Film (Anh Hung Tran) '''Won'''
 * 1993 [[Cannes Film Festival]] Golden Camera Award (Anh Hung Tran) '''Won'''
-* 1993 [[Camerimage]] Golden Frog Award Nomination (Benoît Delhomme)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mubi.com/en/awards-and-festivals/camerimage?year=1993 |title= Camerimage 1993 |work= [[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20231003225354/https://mubi.com/en/awards-and-festivals/camerimage?year=1993 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/sequences/1994-n169-sequences1156125/49956ac/ |title= Camerimage 93 An 1 |work= [[Érudit]] |access-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231003221004/https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/sequences/1994-n169-sequences1156125/49956ac/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
+* 1993 [[Camerimage]] Golden Frog Award Nomination (Benoît Delhomme)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mubi.com/en/awards-and-festivals/camerimage?year=1993 |title= Camerimage 1993 |work= [[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20231003225354/https://mubi.com/en/awards-and-festivals/camerimage?year=1993 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url= https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/sequences/1994-n169-sequences1156125/49956ac/ |title= Camerimage 93 An 1 |journal= [[Érudit]] |date= 1994 |issue= 169 |pages= 8 |access-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-date= October 3, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231003221004/https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/sequences/1994-n169-sequences1156125/49956ac/ |url-status=live |last1= Elia |first1= Maurice }}</ref>
 * 1994 [[Academy Award]] Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
 * 1994 [[British Film Institute]] Award Sutherland Trophy (Anh Hung Tran) '''Won'''
-* 1994 [[César Award]] for Best First Work (Anh Hung Tran) '''Won'''<ref name="imdbawards">{{cite web|title=Awards for The Scent of Green Papaya |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107617/awards |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref>
+* 1994 [[César Award]] for Best First Work (Anh Hung Tran) '''Won'''<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.academie-cinema.org/films/lodeur-de-la-papaye-verte-29427/ |title= L'odeur de la papaye verte |language= fr |work= [[César Awards]] |access-date= October 4, 2023 |archive-date= October 4, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231004011702/https://www.academie-cinema.org/films/lodeur-de-la-papaye-verte-29427/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
 * {{IMDb title|0107617}}
-* {{Amg movie|131132|The Scent of Green Papaya}}
 * {{Rotten Tomatoes|the-scent-of-green-papaya|The Scent of Green Papaya}}