Cyclo

Cyclo

1996 · 123 min · VI · R · 7.1 (89 votes)
Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · Starring Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Như Quỳnh, Hoàng Phúc, Ngo Quang Hai, Tuyết Ngân · Music Tôn-Thât Tiêt
DramaCrime

Follows a young cyclo (bicycle cab) 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.

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A raw, unflinching dive into the underbelly of Saigon. It’s a grim, yet captivating, portrayal of survival against overwhelming odds, where desperation fuels a descent into a brutal criminal world. The film feels immediate and unvarnished.

grittybleakvisceraldesperatesteadyneo-realisturban decaydocumentary-esquepovertysurvivalcriminalityexploitation
saigonbicycleslaughterhousepovertydrugscriminal underworldstolen bicycleforced prostitutionwater gunpig slaughterbicycle taxigay themeho chi minh
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