Cyclo (1996)

03/22/1996 (FR) • 2h 3m

Drama, Crime

Overview

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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Status

Released

Original Language

Vietnamese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

saigon

bicycle

slaughterhouse

poverty

drugs

criminal underworld

stolen bicycle

forced prostitution

water gun

pig slaughter

bicycle taxi

gay theme

ho chi minh

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