the scent of green papaya (vietnamese: "mùi đu đủ xanh", french: "l'odeur de la papaye verte") is a 1993 vietnamese french family romantic drama movie directed by tran anh hung and starring trần nữ yên khê, man san lu, thi loc truong, anh hoa nguyen, hoa hoi vuong, ngoc trung tran. it was nominated for an academy award in 1994.