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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
Genres:
Drama, Crime
Release:
March 1996
Production:
Cofimage 5, Les Productions Lazennec, SFP, Lumière, La Sept Cinéma, Cofimage 6, Giai Phong Film Studio, CNC, Canal+, Salon Films
Cast:
Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Nhu Quynh, Hoàng Phúc, Ngo Vu Quang Hal, Tuyet Ngan Nguyen, Doan Viet Ha, Bjuhoang Huy, Vo Vinh Phuc, Le Kinh Huy, Tran Nu Yen Khe, Thinh Trinh, Chu Hung, Nguyen Van Day, Manh Cuong Tran
Tags:
saigon, bicycle, slaughterhouse, poverty, drugs, criminal underworld, stolen bicycle, forced prostitution, water gun, pig slaughter, bicycle taxi, gay theme, ho chi minh