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The Scent of Green Papaya
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The Scent of Green Papaya

Jun 8, 1993
1h 44m
★ 7.0

Overview

In 1951, a young Vietnamese girl arrives at a Saigon household as their new servant.

Genres

Drama
Romance

Production Companies

Les Productions Lazennec

Cast

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Mui

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Man San Lu

Young Mui

Man San Lu

Thi Loc Truong

Mother

Thi Loc Truong

Nguyen Anh Hoa

Old Woman

Nguyen Anh Hoa

Hoa Hoi Vuong

Khuyen

Hoa Hoi Vuong

Ngoc Trung Tran

Father

Ngoc Trung Tran

Vantha Talisman

Thu

Vantha Talisman

Keo Souvannavong

Trung

Keo Souvannavong

Van Oanh Nguyen

Mr. Thuan

Van Oanh Nguyen

Gerard Neth

Tin

Gerard Neth

Nhat Do

Lam

Nhat Do

Thi Hai Vo

Grandmother

Thi Hai Vo

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