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The Scent of Green Papaya

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The Scent of Green Papaya
Directed byTran Anh Hung
Written byTran Anh Hung
Produced byChristophe Rossignon
CinematographyBenoît Delhomme
Edited byNicole Dedieu
Jean-Pierre Roques
Music byTôn-Thât Tiêt
Distributed byPrésident Films
Release date
June 8, 1993
Running time
104 min
CountriesVietnam
France
LanguageVietnamese

The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh, French: L'Odeur de la papaye verte) is a Vietnamese-language film produced in France by Lazennec Production, and directed by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung.

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 shortlisted for the 1993 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Scent of Green Papaya is Tran Anh Hung's first feature film and stars his wife, Tran Nu Yên-Khê. The film is also the director's first collaboration with Vietnamese composer Tôn-Thât Tiêt who would subsequently write the music for two more films: Cyclo and Vertical Ray of the Sun.