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Cyclo

Xích lô

1995 · 123 min · Drama

A young pedicab driver struggling to support his family in Ho Chi Minh City has his cab stolen and is drawn into the city's violent criminal underworld, while his sister falls under the sway of a poet-gangster. Trần Anh Hùng's hypnotic, brutal drama.

Why it’s here

A Vietnamese-language Tran Anh Hung film set in Ho Chi Minh City and centered on urban Vietnamese precarity.

Runtime

123 min

Genre

Drama · Crime

Mood

tense · thoughtful · dark

Entry

easy entry

Best for

first visit

Content notes: violence or threat · sexual content · substance use Non-exhaustive