Cyclo
DramaCrimesaigonbicycleslaughterhousepovertydrugscriminal underworldstolen bicycleforced prostitutionwater gunpig slaughterbicycle taxigay theme
A bleak, visually striking descent into urban poverty and moral corruption, where a desperate young man's survival instincts lead him deeper into criminality and exploitation.
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.
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