Cyclo

August. 02,1996      R
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Follows a young cyclo (bicycle cab) 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.

Tony Leung Chiu-wai as  Poet
Nhu Quynh as  Madam
Trần Nữ Yên Khê as  Sister
Thinh Trinh as  Foot Fetishist
Chu Hung as  Money Thief
Mạnh Cường as  Cabaret Man

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