‘Sensuous’ Time Out
‘Ravishing’ The Times
‘Remarkable’ The Observer
Starring : Tran Nu Yên-Khê • Lu Man San
Truong Thi Lôc • Nguyen Anh Hoa • Vuong Hoa Hôi
Oscar nominated and winner at the Cannes Film Festival, Tran Anh Hung’s beautiful and intoxicating film begins in Saigon in 1951.
Ten year old Mui takes up her position as servant to a wealthy though troubled family. She performs her duties with great diligence, while carefully observing and taking great pleasure from the smallest details of life around her. Ten years later her life changes when she is sent to work for a family friend who had always held a fascination for her.
The Scent of Green Papaya is a film of stunning images and subtle observations , of gentle moments that border on the spiritual. It is a visual poem that has won the hearts of critics and audiences alike.
Running time 100 mins
Cat no. 2NDVD 3063Cert U
TITLE (DIRECTOR)
QUERELLE (Fassbinder, Rainer Werner)
QUEST FOR FIRE (Annaud, Jean-Jaques)
RAVEN, THE (Ophuls, Max)
RECKLESS MOMENT, THE (Ophuls, Max)
RENDEZ-VOUS (Techine, Andre)
RIDICULE (Leconte, Patrice)
RIEN NE VA PLUS (Chabrol, Claude)
RONDE, LA (Ophuls, Max)
RUTLES 30th ANNIVERSARY, THE
(Weis, Garry/Idle, Eric)
SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA, THE (Hung, Tran Anh)
SEBASTIANE (Jarman, Derek)
SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY (Franco, Jess)
STORMY WEATHER (Stone, Andrew L.)
SUMMERTIME (Lean, David)
TAKESHI KITANO COLLECTION, THE (Kitano, Takeshi)
TANGO (Leconte, Patrice)
TEMPEST, THE (Jarman, Derek)
TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, THE (Hooper, Tobe)
TOTO THE HERO (Van Dormael, Jaco)
UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (Sturges, Preston)
VALSEUSES, LES (Blier, Bertrand)
VAMPYROS LESBOS (Franco, Jess)
WAR REQUIEM (Jarman, Derek)
WEDDING, A (Altman, Robert)
