Cyclo
Cyclo

Movie·1995·2h 3m

Cyclo

Country

France

Language

Vietnamese

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Xích lô

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.

Producer

Christophe Rossignon

Cinematography

Benoît Delhomme

Music

Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Editor

Nicole Dedieu

Themes

saigonbicycleslaughterhousepovertydrugscriminal underworldstolen bicycleforced prostitutionwater gunpig slaughterbicycle taxigay theme

Production House

Les Productions Lazennec
La Sept Cinéma
Lumière
Salon Films
Giai Phong Film Studio

Audience Score

70%

118 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

Where to watch

Region: FR

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// cast

Cast

Le Van Loc

Cyclo

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Poet

Như Quỳnh

Như Quỳnh

Madam

Hoàng Phúc

Hoàng Phúc

Tooth

Ngo Quang Hai

Ngo Quang Hai

Knife

Tuyết Ngân

Tuyết Ngân

Happy Woman

Doan Viet Ha

Sad Woman

Bjuhoang Huy

Crazy Son

Vo Vinh Phuc

Cyclo's Friend

Le Kinh Huy

Grandfather

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Sister

Lê Tuấn Anh

Lê Tuấn Anh

Handcuffed Man

Lê Công Tuấn Anh

Lê Công Tuấn Anh

The Drunken Dancer

Thinh Trinh

Thinh Trinh

Foot Fetishist

Nguyễn Đình Thơ

Poet's Father

Việt Thắng

Việt Thắng

Cocaine Policeman

Nguyễn Văn Đây

Lullaby Man

Thanh Lam

Thanh Lam

Singer

// crew

Crew

Trần Anh Hùng

Trần Anh Hùng

Director, Writer

Christophe Rossignon

Christophe Rossignon

Producer

Nicole Dedieu

Editor

Benoît Delhomme

Benoît Delhomme

Editor, Director of Photography

Claude Ronzeau

Editor

Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Original Music Composer

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