Cyclo

Cyclo

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Release Date

9/27/1995

Runtime

123 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Vietnamese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

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A visceral descent into the criminal underworld of Ho Chi Minh City, shot with unflinching formalism that transforms the city itself into a cage. The film moves with a momentum that feels inescapable, pulling a young man deeper into exploitation with each consequence.

Mood

BleakDread-soakedClaustrophobic

Themes

CrimeSurvivalFamilyCorruption

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

FormalistDesaturated

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceSexual contentChild endangermentAddiction

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