The Scent of Green Papaya Reviews

It has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely rewatch it at some point. First of all, what ever happened to Anh Hung Tran?!? Back in the 1993, he burst into the film world with this movie which was a massive critical success, at least in France, following its release at the Cannes Film Festival. Unfortunately, during the last 15 years, he has made only 2 movies, the Japanase ‘Noruwei no mori’ which got some rather weak ratings and the really obscure ‘I Come with the Rain’ starring Josh Hartnett. Anyway, coming back to our main feature. it is nowadays pretty much forgotten but it's too bad because I think it is actually quite a fascinating feature. Indeed, right from the title, from the subtle performances to the delicate directing, there was a deep poetic quality to this movie. It is interesting to also note that, even though it might seem that it was shot on location, in fact, it was actually filmed completely on a sound stage in France. To conclude, it might be an acquired taste and it is not for the impatient viewer but there is something mesmerizing about this movie and it is definitely worth a look.