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Cyclo

1995 · 123 min

A hypnotic, wordless descent into urban hell, beautiful and brutal, demanding patience but rewarding with unforgettable images.

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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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Trần Anh Hùng
Written by
Trần Anh Hùng
Starring
Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Như Quỳnh, Hoàng Phúc, Ngo Quang Hai, Tuyết Ngân, Doan Viet Ha, Bjuhoang Huy
Music
Tôn-Thât Tiêt
Cinematography
Benoît Delhomme
Runtime
123 min
Country
France, Hong Kong, Vietnam
Languages
Vietnamese

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