Cyclo

1995 · 2h00 · Film

Directed by Trần Anh Hùng

Starring Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Như Quỳnh, Hoàng Phúc, Ngo Quang Hai, Tuyết Ngân, Doan Viet Ha, Bjuhoang Huy, Vo Vinh Phuc, Le Kinh Huy

Ideal when you feel… Angry Sad / low Stressed

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.

Original title

Xích lô

Original language

Vietnamese

Country

France, Hong Kong SAR China, Vietnam

Screenplay

Trần Anh Hùng

Music

Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Cinematography

Benoît Delhomme

Cast

Hoàng Phúc, Ngo Quang Hai, Tuyết Ngân, Doan Viet Ha, Bjuhoang Huy, Vo Vinh Phuc, Le Kinh Huy

Updated August 14, 2026

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