Saturday, May 25, 2024

Xích lô (1995) aka Cyclo - A Vietnamese film

A “cyclo” is a bicycle-drawn taxi similar to a rickshaw, and, in this story, the nickname of an 18-year-old boy trying to scrape together a living in the desperate poverty of Ho Chi Mihn City. Cyclo lives with his grandfather and two sisters, and drives his taxi for a bitter woman who devotes most of her time to her mentally unstable son. When the pedal-cab is stolen, Cyclo is forced into a life of crime to repay the debt and falls in with a group of petty thugs led by a self-styled poet. What Cyclo doesn’t know at first is that the poet is also a pimp, and he’s been using his romantic wiles to lure Cyclo’s older sister into a career as a prostitute.

Director: Anh Hung Tran. 

Writer: Anh Hung Tran. 

Stars: Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Quynh Nhu, Hoang Phuc Nguyen.

Subtitled in English.

Video Link. https://ok.ru/video/7455647992486

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1 comment:

  1. BRAZINTERMAMay 31, 2024 at 10:16 PM

    Oi tudo bem?
    Tem como postar os seguintes filmes legendados:
    - "Croupier" ou "Crupiê - A Vida em Jogo" (1998) de Mike Hodges e com Clive Owen; e
    - "Smoke Signals" ou "Sinais de Fumaça" (1998) de Chris Eyre

    Abraços!

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