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Cyclo (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 9

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: A haunting tale set in a turbulent, decaying Ho Chi Minh City, chronicling the exploits of a teenage "cyclo" (rickshaw driver) and his vulnerable sister. In order to support his family, the cyclo... A haunting tale set in a turbulent, decaying Ho Chi Minh City, chronicling the exploits of a teenage "cyclo" (rickshaw driver) and his vulnerable sister. In order to support his family, the cyclo immerses himself in a violent gang, and begins committing petty crimes. After entering this seedy underworld the young man discovers that his sister already belongs to it, selling her body to sexual deviants. As a result, each sibling's innocence is shattered, representing the moral and physical collapse of the city they reside in. [More]

Starring: Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tran Nu Yen Khe

Starring: Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tran Nu Yen Khe

Director: Tran Anh Hung

Director: Tran Anh Hung
Producer: Christophe Rossignon
Screenwriter: Tran Anh Hung, Nguyen Trung Bing
Composer: Ton That Tiet

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08/06/08
David Rooney
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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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03/29/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Liquids become the motif d’abus of the film: water, blood, vomit, sweat, oil, urine, humidity, and paint.

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Features some eye-popping cinematography

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06/05/02
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine

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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This powerful film offers Westerners a potent dosage of what life is like in a Third World country, a country most Americans only envision in a depersonalized way.

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