Drama ·Crime · France · 1995 · 2h 3m

Cyclo

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Cyclo poster
Director
Trần Anh Hùng
Cast
Le Van Loc as Cyclo Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Poet Như Quỳnh as Madam Hoàng Phúc as Tooth Ngo Quang Hai as Knife Tuyết Ngân as Happy Woman
Crew
Benoît Delhomme — Director of Photography Benoît Delhomme — Editor Claude Ronzeau — Editor Nicole Dedieu — Editor Tôn-Thât Tiêt — Original Music Composer Trần Anh Hùng — Writer
Synopsis

Follows a young cyclo driver on his poverty-driven descent into criminality in modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. The boy's struggles to scratch out a living for his two sisters and grandfather in the mean streets of the city lead to petty crime on behalf of a mysterious Madame from whom he rents his cyclo.

Trailer Cyclo — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
saigonbicycleslaughterhousepovertydrugscriminal underworldstolen bicycleforced prostitutionwater gunpig slaughterbicycle taxigay theme
Key Collaborators
Trần Anh Hùng Director Benoît Delhomme Director of Photography Benoît Delhomme Editor Claude Ronzeau Editor Nicole Dedieu Editor Tôn-Thât Tiêt Original Music Composer Trần Anh Hùng Writer Christophe Rossignon Producer
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