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Cyclo (1996)

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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 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

Feb 3, 2004

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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.

June 16, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

You'll want to take a moment in the bathroom before drinking in Tran's damn near pornographic use of fluid imagery.

February 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Liquids become the motif d'abus of the film: water, blood, vomit, sweat, oil, urine, humidity, and paint.

February 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Features some eye-popping cinematography

November 1, 2002 Comment
Lawrence Journal-World

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.

August 31, 2001 Full Review Source: Cinenganos | Comment
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It's a respectable film that shows how a corrupt and immoral society can sadly bring down the innocence that lives in its midst. It had some good performances too, but, I personally think it went on about a half hour too long.

February 28, 2009
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Pretty relentless, leaves a wide swath of fiery death and destruction in its wake. Unfortunately, you could light the entire inner city on fire and it would probably look better. Now I have to watch Cidade de Deus and see how that compares.

April 3, 2010

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