Cyclo
(Xich lo)
by Tran Anh Hung
Vietnam, France
Scripte: Tran Anh Hung
Cinematographer: Benoît Delhomme
Editing: Nicole Dedieu, Claude Ronzeau
Art Director: Benoît Barough
Sound: F. Waledisch
Music: Ton-That Thiêt
Cast: Le Van Loc, Tony Leung-chiu Wai, Tran Nu Yên-khê, Nguyen Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Hoang Phuc, Ngo Vu Quang Hai, Nguyen Tuyet Ngan
Production: Lazennec Productions
Distribution:
Tamasa Distribution
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75008 Paris
France
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www.tamasadiffusion.com
Year 1995
35 mm, Colour, 120 min,
OV Vietnamese with French Subtitles
Golden Lion - Venise Film Festival 1995
A young man works as cyclo rickshaw in Ho Chi Minh City. He is an orphan living with his grandfather and his two sisters in a poor area of the city. He works hard, as his father, a cyclo-rickshaw as well, used to do before he died a year before in an accident. On day, his sole earning, the cyclo rickshaw which he does not own but rents is stolen. As he needs to pay for it, he starts meeting the underworld and commits a few offences. With money easily won and impunity, he decides to enter the gang with leader The Poet (played by Tony Leung).
“With Cyclo, I could talk about the world of work, tiredness, sweat, food and money. It was absolutely necessary for me to root my theme in this social and concrete ground…I wanted to show all this violence with a lot of softness.” Tran Anh Hung
