Cyclo

Cyclo

R 1995 · 123 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, Crime

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.

Directed by Trần Anh Hùng · Written by Trần Anh Hùng

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