Cinema of the World

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Taking place in the 1950’s and early 1960’s, the story of “The Scent of Green Papaya” is similar to the simple, yet deeply revealing characteristics of a profound quotation. It starts as a 10-year-old servant-in-training, named Mui, arrives at the family home of her new employers in Saigon. The story is all about her life. The viewers see her experiences and can feel some of her naive, innocent and wholesome view of life through her wide, expressive eyes. In her decade-long term as their dutiful servant, she witnesses the heartbreak of abandonment by the family’s restless father. In addition, she observes and learns from a gentle, grandfatherly neighbour the ability to love from a distance. The audience sees constant juxtapositions of characters that cruelly shun nature while Mui is amused and comforted by their existence. In an extension of placid Asian philosophy, Mui’s quiet observances lead her from her second family home to an evolving one of her own, as she herself enters the 'Circle of Life'.

Tran also included some subtle political connections. Twice he imposed the sound of a screeching overhead jet-plane incidentally marking dire circumstances for the family unit. Along with unexplained references to a “curfew”, this was obviously alluding to the dividing Vietnamese north and south conflict from1954 to 1975. While many films about or from Vietnam deal with the imposing specter of war that has ravaged that country, Tran only alluded to this aspect of the identity of his birth place using his personal brand of delicate and subtle references. Without submerging his viewers in the topic, Tran simply indicated his awareness.








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