The Scent of Green Papaya

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The Scent of Green Papaya

Directed by	Tran Anh Hung
Produced by	Christophe Rossignon
Written by	Tran Anh Hung
Music by	Tôn-Thât Tiêt
Cinematography	Benoît Delhomme
Editing by	Nicole Dedieu Jean-Pierre Roques
Distributed by	Président Films
Release date(s)	June 8, 1993
Running time	104 min
Country	Vietnam France
Language	Vietnamese
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The Scent of Green Papaya (Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh, French: L'Odeur de la papaye verte) is a Vietnamese-language film produced in France by Lazennec Production, and directed by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung.

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, and was shortlisted for the 1993 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Scent of Green Papaya is Tran Anh Hung's first feature film and stars his wife, Tran Nu Yên-Khê. The film is also the director's first collaboration with Vietnamese composer Tôn-Thât Tiêt who would subsequently write the music for two more films: Cyclo and Vertical Ray of the Sun.

Although set in Vietnam, the film was shot entirely on a soundstage in Boulogne, France.