The Scent of Green Papaya (VHS)

This is a previously viewed VHS tape in good condition!

This is a foreign language film with English subtitles.

Detailed item info

Movie description
In 1950s Saigon, Mui, a 10 year-old peasant girl, goes to work as a servant for a merchant family. Quiet, well-mannered, and almost supernaturally observant of the most minute and beautiful details that life has to offer, she grows into a young woman who is as much a part of the somewhat dysfunctional family as the real members themselves. As the family runs out of money, she is sent to work for a family friend, a young man whom she has known since she was a child and whom she secretly loves. Beautifully photographed, the film was the winner of the Camera d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Academy Award Nomination: Best Foreign Language Film.
Credits
Cast:	Tran Nu Yen Khe, Truong Thi Loc, Nguyen Anh Hoa, Vuong Hoa Hoi, Lu Man San
Editorial reviews
"...Tranquilly beautiful....THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA marks a luxuriant, visually seductive debut for Mr. Hung..." New York Times - Janet Maslin (10/11/1993) "...Distinct and underivative. This is a remarkably confident and achieved debut feature..." Sight and Sound - Tony Rayns (04/01/1994) "...Diaphonous....You feel almost like one of the film's many secretive, peeping characters." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly - Caren Weiner (11/17/1995) "...GREEN PAPAYA marries nature and artifice....Hung Tran Anh wholly entrances the viewer with lovely, incremental detail..." Film Comment - Kathleen Murphy (11/01/1993) "...A film as delicate and evocative as its name....Ravishing..." Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (02/02/1994) "...A film of great visual beauty; watching it is like seeing a poem for the eyes..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/11/1994) "...Possibly the most purely sensual piece of cinema since DAYS OF HEAVEN..." USA Today - Mike Clark (03/24/1995)

Portions of this page Copyright 1981 - 2010 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.

=======================================================================

Need more information on a movie? Look them up on the Internet database at www.imdb.com.

Bidding on more than one movie? Remember that shipping costs for 2 movies are almost the same cost as one! Big savings for you!

=======================================================================

All my items are sold as-is. Please ask questions. I answer all inquiries!

I give shipping discounts for multiple purchases made at the same time.

Shipping costs based on US destinations, and include a small amount for packaging materials. Please email me for non-US shipping cost.