The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
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👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Trần Nữ Yên Khê as Mui
Man San Lu as Young Mui
Thi Loc Truong as Mother
Ánh Hoa as Old Woman
Hoa Hoi Vuong as Khuyen
Ngoc Trung Tran as Father
Vantha Talisman as Thu
Keo Souvannavong as Trung
Is The Scent of Green Papaya good?
Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 220 TMDB ratings. Critics rated it higher at 100%, but audiences were less impressed.
Overview
1950s Saigon through the eyes of Mui, a Vietnamese servant girl. At 10 years-old, Mui leaves her village to work for an affluent, troubled family. As she comes of age, Mui finds work in the household of a pianist she has admired since childhood, and finds their relationship growing in complexity. Wikipedia ↗
