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Cyclo

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Vietnamese

Runtime

123 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

22 March 1996

Country

France

Cast

Le Van Loc

Le Van Loc

Cyclo

Tony Leung

Tony Leung

Poet

Như Quỳnh

Như Quỳnh

Madam

Hoàng Phúc

Hoàng Phúc

Tooth

Ngo Vu Quang Hal

Ngo Vu Quang Hal

Knife

Tuyet Ngan Nguyen

Tuyet Ngan Nguyen

Happy Woman

Doan Viet Ha

Doan Viet Ha

Sad Woman

Bjuhoang Huy

Bjuhoang Huy

Crazy Son

Vo Vinh Phuc

Vo Vinh Phuc

Cyclo's Friend

Le Kinh Huy

Le Kinh Huy

Grandfather

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Trần Nữ Yên Khê

Sister

Thinh Trinh

Thinh Trinh

Foot Fetishist

Chu Hung

Chu Hung

Money Thief

Nguyen Van Day

Nguyen Van Day

Lullaby Man

Mạnh Cường

Mạnh Cường

Cabaret Man

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