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Cyclo

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Cyclo
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NR,2hrs 9min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
August 1, 1996
Director:
Tran Anh Hung
Distributor:
Cinépix Film Properties Inc.
Starring:
Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tran Nu Yên-Khê
Synopsis: A "cyclo" is a bicycle-drawn taxi similar to a rickshaw, and, in this story, the nickname of an 18-year-old boy trying to scrape together a living in the desperate poverty of Ho Chi Mihn City. Cyclo lives with his grandfather (Le Kinh Huy) and two sisters (Tran Nu Yen-Khe and Pham Ngoc Lieu), and drives his taxi for a bitter woman (Nhu Quynh Nguyen) who devotes most of her time to her mentally unstable son (Bjuhoang Huy). When the pedal-cab is stolen, Cyclo is forced into a life of crime to repay ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
Abandoning the gentle minimalism of his The Scent of Green Papayas, director Tran Anh Hung creates a savage, hallucinatory portrait of Vietnam's convulsive modernization seen through the eyes of a nameless 18-year-old cyclo driver. Set in the swelter and tumult of Ho Chi Minh City, the film deftly sets up the grinding poverty and mind-numbing routine endured by the protagonist, his older sister (Tran ... Full Review
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