16th October 1997

The Scent of Green Papaya
(Mùi du du xanh)

Director: Tran Anh Hung

France, 1993

Run Time: 104 minutes, Certificate: ,
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, Language: Vietnamese

Synopsis:

The first Vietnamese feature film to gain a cinema release in Britain, this beautifully told story of a young country girl's upbringing as a housemaid in 1950's Saigon and her unrequited love for the young master of the house, won the prestigious Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Number of reactions 29 Average score 6.34

Film notes

18th Season's Programme