The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) Mùi du du xanh (original title): A little girl, Mui, went to a house as a new servant. The mother still mourns the death of her daughter, who would have been Mui's age. In her mind she treated Mui as her daughter. (7.2)
Director: Anh Hung Tran
Writer: Anh Hung Tran
Stars: Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu and Thi Loc Truong
Language: Vietnamese (w/ English subtitles)
The movie is a loosely flowing story about a servant girl growing up in a 50's Vietnamese family. There is not much to the main storyline, but there are quite a lot of interesting branches. The use of colors, the tropical plants, the period architecture, etc is wonderful. The cinematography captures not only the everyday beauty of the slow, ordinary life but the emotions of the main characters as well (w/o a whole lot of dialog). The tropical plants, the animals and insects brought me back the memories of my childhood. The storyline, somehow reminds me of this quote ... "until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword" ... even though the idea of live-in servants is commonplace in that part of the world and it is never as severe as the Southern slavery, ... My Rating: 7.5
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