The Vertical Ray of the Sun
AroView: Conjuring once more the scent, hue and atmosphere of Vietnam, the dir. of SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA depicts the complicated sisterhood of three women in a visually stylised version of Hanoi (astonishingly created on a French back-lot). Teasing apart a trio of stories of love, marriage and convenient deception, its everyday, albeit exotic, images and deft soundscape form enchanting poetry in their own right, at a languorous pace that’s worth slowing down for.
Original title: Mùa Hè Chieu Thang Dung
Director
Language
Vietnamese
Subtitles
English
Countries
Vietnam, France, Germany
Studio
StudioCanal
