The Scent of Green Papaya - with ENGLISH subtitles (Import)
by Anh Hung Tran
Our Price: $124.99
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $21.82 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Anh Hoa Nguyen, Hoa Hoi Vuong, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Nu Yen-KheDirector: Anh Hung Tran
Primary Contributor: Tran Nu Yen-Khe
Primary Contributor: Man San Lu
Primary Contributor: Thi Loc Truong
Primary Contributor: Anh Hoa Nguyen
Primary Contributor: Hoa Hoi Vuong
Primary Contributor: Ngoc Trung Tran
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: Vietnamese (Unknown); Russian (Unknown); English (Subtitled)
Format: Import, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 104 minutes
Published: 2007
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: EArt Video
Product features:
- - Mùi du du xanh - L'odeur de la papaye verte (Original Foreign title)
- - English subtitles
Movie Reviews of The Scent of Green Papaya - with ENGLISH subtitles (Import)
Movie Review: A Fragrance Not Soon To Be Forgotten
Summary: 5 Stars
Note: Vietnamese with English subtitles.
I would never have thought that a movie so simplistic, with so little dialogue could turn into such an exquiste viewing experience. In what is unquestionably one of the most hauntingly beautiful visual cinematic experiences ever 'The Scent of Green Papayas' is a tale of a little ten year old Vietnamese girl named Mui (Man San Lu) who arrives at the home of a moderately well-off family to begin her new duties as a house servant. Her life of servitude finally pays off some ten years later when her quiet beauty and gentle patient ways are recognized by the young master of the house and makes her his wife and expectant mother of his first child.
Nothing complicated here, nor is there anything that one could consider incisive, intelligent dialogue or a highly original storyline. It's the cinematography that initially pulls the viewer into the beautiful Vietnamese world of '51 and that initial interest is soon enhanced by the presence of the sweet and demure young Man San Lu who captures your heart with her innocent, obedient demeanor.
Surprisingly a good two-thirds of the movie deals with Mui in the early years of her household duties. It's only in the final third of the film that Mui appears as an exotically beautiful twenty year old now played by Tran Nu Yen-Khe. Though fully grown, she still retains all of the endearing qualities she had as a child. Quiet, introspective, patient, unassuming, hard working and too attractive to ignore.
If you're in the mood for a visually beautiful film with an even more captivating lead actress (Tran) this is your film. Highly recommended!
Summary of The Scent of Green Papaya - with ENGLISH subtitles (Import)
ENGLISH SUBTITLES!!! Russia released, Region free, Widescreen, NTSC DVD. Audio Tracks: DD 2.0 VIETNAMESE and optional DD 2.0 RUSSIAN SYNOPSIS: The interior life of a Vietnamese household in the 1950s, as seen through the eyes of a young servant girl, is explored in Tran Anh Hung's placid, but visually intoxicating tone poem, L'Odeur de la Papaye Verte. The film begins in 1951, when the beautiful and inquisitive 10-year-old peasant girl Mui (Lu Man San) is hired to work at the home of an affluent Saigon family. When the father absconds with the family's money, the tireless mother (Truong Thi Loc) is forced to support the family through the slim profits of her tiny fabric store. As the family struggles to make ends meet, Mui becomes attracted to a friend of the family, Khuyen (Vuong Hoa Hoi). The film then shifts to 1961, when the family is in desperate straits. The father has died, and Mui (Tran Nu Yen-Khe), now twenty years old, finds herself working in Khuyen's home. Khuyun has grown into an attractive, sophisticated French-speaking pianist, with his own expensive mistress. Mui serves him as she has served the family -- with perfection and silence. She also loves Khuyen is silence, and gradually Khuyen begins to take notice of Mui's love for him.Similar DVD Movies
The Quiet AmericanBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2003-07-29; DVD
Best price: $7.52
Price in other shops:
The Vertical Ray of the SunRelease date: 2001-12-18; DVD
Best price: $42.98