Cyclo
1996VOTE NOW
| MKL Distribution | Release Date: August 2, 1996 |
Starring:
Bjuhoang Huy, Doan Viet Ha, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Le Van Loc, Ngo Vu Quang Hal, Nhu Quynh Nguyen, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Tuyet Ngan Nguyen, Vo Vinh Phuc
Summary:
When a poor bicycle-taxi driver has his cyclo stolen, he is forced into a life of crime. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a sex worker.
With its finely shaded portrayals, Cyclo, which took the Golden Lion at Venice last year, is another superb picture from Hung, a world-class filmmaker if ever there was one. [01 Aug 1996, p.F2]
Hung skillfully evokes the oppressive congestion, squalor and heat of Ho Chi Minh City. (Amazingly, given the controlling nature of Vietnam's socialist government, the warts-and-all movie was shot on location.) But he is less successful at developing the character of his characters.
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That Ho Chi Minh City is as rotten as the old Saigon, only more cynical and decrepit, is no great revelation, and we learn little of how ordinary people live or how society is organised in Vietnam today. [24 Mar 1996, p.12]
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