The fact that Jae Hee went back for his trophy books was ultimately the source of his demise, but when it was revealed just how much those books meant to him last week, I would have expected no less. I honestly thought that he would be able to make his quick getaway and avoid the feeling of handcuffs on his wrists until, maybe, halfway through the last episode. I was surprised when I saw that Chef Kwon Jae Hee ( Namgoong Min) actually got arrested so early in episode 15. In the final scene, a visibly pregnant Mùi is reading poetry to him, and smiles.Bombs, death, and wedding bells, oh my! “ The Girl Who Sees Smells” sure knows how to give a fluffy yet intense finale and I, for the most part, loved every moment of it! Let’s dive right in to all the details, shall we? The Sense of Panic He starts teaching Mùi to read and write. When he returns, he calmly pockets the ring. When the fiancée learns of this she furiously slaps Mùi, smashes some of his belongings, and then leaves her engagement ring on a table. Later that night, he goes to Mùi's quarters and closes the door behind him. She leaves, but watches through the window, and sees that when Mùi enters the room, his playing becomes both passionate and peaceful. One night, as the fiancée chatters on, his piano playing becomes more stormy as he strives to ignore her. He is engaged to be married, but seems to prefer playing the piano to spending time with his frivolous fiancée. The heartbroken wife gives Mùi a silk dress and some gold jewelry, and Mùi become a servant for the older son's wealthy friend, who is now a concert pianist. It is determined that the household can no longer afford to keep Mùi. On the family shrine, the grandmother's and husband's photos have joined those of other departed relatives. Two sons have left, and the wife has taken the place of the grandmother upstairs, tragic and rarely seen. Ten years later, the family has fallen on hard times. When he dies, the wife faints and the family is shocked. As he is treated with acupuncture, musicians play cheerful music outside the room. He collapses soon after his return home, the wife sells an heirloom vase and other valuables to pay for medical expenses, and a doctor is summoned. He stays away long enough for the family to almost run out of food and go hungry. When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he steals his wife's meagre savings and jewelry. Having lost a young daughter during one of her husband's earlier absences, the wife is kind to Mùi, treating her like one of her own. Mùi is notably peaceful and intensely curious about the world. The husband's widowed mother, an invalid who seldom leaves her upstairs room, blames her daughter-in-law, telling her, "You have a man, but you don't know how to keep him happy." The eldest son prefers his friend's company, the bookish middle son torments insects, and the youngest, who idolizes his father, is willful, disruptive, and resentful. Their only income is from the wife's small business. It is also his first collaboration with Vietnamese composer Tôn-Thât Tiêt who subsequently wrote the music for two more films: Cyclo and Vertical Ray of the Sun.Īlthough set in Vietnam, the film was shot entirely on a soundstage in Boulogne, France.Ī young girl, Mùi, becomes a servant for a family that was once wealthy, but is sinking into genteel poverty due to the husband's infidelities and spending sprees. It was Tran Anh Hung's first feature film and stars his wife, Tran Nu Yên-Khê. The film won the Caméra d'Or prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, a César Award for Best Debut at the French annual film award ceremony, and was nominated for the 1993 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Scent of Green Papaya ( Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh, French: L'Odeur de la papaye verte) is a 1993 Vietnamese-language film produced in France by Lazennec Production, directed by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung, and starring Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, and Thi Loc Truong.
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