FUSE Films - The Scent of Green Papaya

The Scent of Green Papaya

The Scent of Green Papaya is about a servant in the household of a merchant family. She observes everything around her in minute detail, and gradually, as she flowers into a beautiful woman, her simple goodness impresses her more hurried and cynical employers. The woman, named Mui, is an orphan - a child, when she first comes to work for the family. She learns her tasks quickly and well and performs them so unobtrusively that sometimes she seems almost like a spirit. But she is a very real person, uncomplaining, all-seeing, and the film watches her world through her eyes. For her, there is beauty in the smallest details. There is a purity to the observation of Mui's daily world that has a power of its own.

Event Schedule

10.30am Light refreshments

11.00am Screening begins 

Language

Vietnamese 

Run time

1.44 hours