The Scent of Green Papaya [SEP] country of origin
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese: "Mùi đu đủ xanh", French: "L'Odeur de la papaye verte") is a 1993 Vietnamese-language film produced in France by Lazennec Production, directed by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung, and starring Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, and Thi Loc Truong.
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
Cinema of Vietnam
The cinema of Vietnam originates in the 1920s and has largely been shaped by wars that have been fought in the country from the 1940s to the 1970s. Better known Vietnamese language films include "Cyclo", "The Scent of Green Papaya" and "Vertical Ray of the Sun", all by French-trained Việt Kiều director Tran Anh Hung. In recent years, as Vietnam's film industry has modernized and moved beyond government-backed propaganda films, contemporary Vietnamese filmmakers have gained a wider audience with