Cyclo (film)

Cyclo
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tran Anh Hung
Produced by	Christophe Rossignon
Written by	Tran Anh Hung
Starring	Le Van Loc Tony Leung Chiu Wai Trần Nữ Yên Khê
Music by	Tôn-Thât Tiêt
Cinematography	Benoît Delhomme Laurence Trémolet
Editing by	Nicole Dedieu Claude Ronzeau
Distributed by	New Yorker Video (Region 1 DVD) Gaumont (Region 2 DVD)
Release date(s)	September 1995 (premiere at VFF) 22 March 1996 2 August 1996 19 September 1996
Running time	123 minutes
Country	Vietnam France Hong Kong
Language	Vietnamese

Cyclo (Vietnamese: Xích Lô) is a 1995 film by Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung (who had made The Scent of Green Papaya). It stars Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Trần Nữ Yên Khê. Le Van Loc plays a young cyclo driver who is forced into working for a gang after his cycle is stolen. Soon, his sister also comes under the influence of the gang and becomes a prostitute. A lieutenant in the gang with demons of his own wrestles with growing feelings for the sister even as he continues to prostitute her out to other men. The brother and sister sink to depths they had never imagined and must claw their way back out again.

The film was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Soundtrack

The film soundtrack was written by Vietnamese composer Tôn-Thât Tiêt, who also collaborated with Trân Anh Hung on The Scent of Green Papaya. The score received a "Best Music" award at the Festival International de Flandre in (1995). The soundtrack also contains several well-known Vietnamese ca dao (folk songs) and other popular songs:

• Nắng Chiều - Sung and played by handicapped street performers.
• Ru Con (Lullaby) sung by Lullaby Man.
• Thằng Bờm (Little Bờm)- Sung by Sad Woman to Crazy Son. Transliteration and translation.
• Em ơi, Hà Nội phố - Sung by Thanh Lam (the lounge singer).
• Creep by Radiohead - Playing in dance club.

External links

• Cyclo at the Internet Movie Database
• Cyclo at AllRovi