CYCLO [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1996
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Foreign
• Plot: In the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, a young cyclo (pedicab driver) transports anonymous passengers through the teeming streets, trying to eke out a meager living for his two sisters and elderly grandfather. When his bicycle is stolen by a local gang, he descends into the gruesome underbelly of this corrupt and violent city. Seduced by easy money, the Cyclo is swept deeper into the crime ring led by the quietly charismatic Poet (Tony Leung of Chungking Express and Bullet in the Head).; ; Unbeknownst to the Cyclo, his older sister (the exquisite star of The Scent of Green Papaya) has also been mesmerized by the brooding Poet and turns to prostitution to please him. Director Tran Anh Hung, whose brilliant debut The Scent of Green Papaya established him as a master visualist, fuses the neorealist style of The Bicycle Thief with the kinetic energy of Taxi Driver in this gritty tale of innocence lost in the urban jungle of Vietnam.
• Cast: Le Van Loc, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Nhu Quynh Nguyen, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Ngo Vu Quang Hal, Tuyet Ngan Nguyen, Doan Viet Ha, Bjuhoang Huy, Vo Vinh Phuc, Le Kinh Huy, Pham Ngoc Lieu, Le Tuan Anh, Le Cong Tuan Anh, Van Day Nguyen, Bui Thi Mingh Duc, Trinh Thinh, Din Tho Nguyen, Viet Thang Nguyen, Thanh Lam, Gia Khoan, Huang Kiem, Truong Thanh Nghi, Pham Hai Truong, Loc Tran, Minh Tuan Tran, Van Dung Nguyen, Pham Duy Huong, Le Thai Ngoc Hoan, Ba Phan Chalatoan, Dang Minh Chau, Van Loi Tran, Le Anh Son, Phan Van Nhun, Dang Van Duc, Nhat Yu Tran, Huu Chau Nguyen, Thai Ong Lai, Mao Can, Chu Hung, Manh Cuong Tran, Quoc Hung Tran, Anh Hung Tran, Adeline Lecallier, Alain Rocca
• Director: Anh Hung Tran
• Runtime: 2:03
• Company: New Yorker Video
• Media Format: Movie