Cyclo (1995)
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73% of critics liked it
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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… More 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 the debt and falls in with a group of petty thugs led by a self-styled poet (Tony Leung Chiu Wai). What Cyclo doesn't know at first is that the poet is also a pimp, and he's been using his romantic wiles to lure Cyclo's older sister into a career as a prostitute. Cyclo was directed by Tran Anh Hung, whose breakthrough film was the acclaimed drama The Scent of Green Papaya. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anh Hung Tran, Tran Anh Hung
- Written By
- Anh Hung Tran, Trung Binh Nguyen, Tran Anh Hung, Nguyen Trung Bing
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 1, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Cinépix Film Properties Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Just as impressive as his feature debut Scent of the Green Papayas, as a poetic study of survival in modern and ravished Vietnam, Cyclo will be compared to De Sica's post- WWII classic Bicycle Thief.
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
You'll want to take a moment in the bathroom before drinking in Tran's damn near pornographic use of fluid imagery.
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
Liquids become the motif d'abus of the film: water, blood, vomit, sweat, oil, urine, humidity, and paint.
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Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World
Features some eye-popping cinematography
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Alex Ramirez, Cinenganos
La narrativa y la historia son perfectamente aplicables a la realidad social de nuestra ciudad, y la dinámica visual que presenta es digna de verse.
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