| Cyclo | |
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| Directed by | Tran Anh Hung |
| Produced by | Christophe Rossignon |
| Written by | Tran Anh Hung |
| Starring | Le Van Loc Tony Leung Chiu Wai Tran Nu Yen-Khe |
| 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 mins |
| Country | Vietnam France Hong Kong |
| Language | Vietnamese |
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Cyclo (Vietnamese: Xích Lô) is a 1995 film by Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung (who had made The Scent of Green Papaya). Trần Anh Hùng (born December 23, 1962) is a French Film director of Vietnamese ancestry Tony Leung Chiu-Wai ( born June 27, 1962) is a Cannes Film Festival and 5 times Hong Kong Film Award -winning Hong Kong Ton-That Tiet (Vietnamese Tôn Thất Tiết (b 1933) is a Vietnamese music composer Benoît Delhomme is a Film Cinematographer whose credits include The Proposition. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played Gaumont is a French film production company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864-1946 DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Trần Anh Hùng (born December 23, 1962) is a French Film director of Vietnamese ancestry The Scent of Green Papaya ( Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh, French: L'Odeur de la papaye verte) is a Vietnamese-language film It stars Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Tran Nu Yen-Khe. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai ( born June 27, 1962) is a Cannes Film Festival and 5 times Hong Kong Film Award -winning Hong Kong Le Van Loc plays a young cyclo driver who is forced into working for a gang after his cycle is stolen. The cycle rickshaw, being a small-scale local means of transport is also known by a variety of other names such as rickshaw, pedicab, bugbug, cyclo 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.
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. Ton-That Tiet (Vietnamese Tôn Thất Tiết (b 1933) is a Vietnamese music composer The Scent of Green Papaya ( Vietnamese: Mùi đu đủ xanh, French: L'Odeur de la papaye verte) is a Vietnamese-language film 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:
- 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 the lounge singer.
- Creep by Radiohead - Playing in dance club. " Creep " is a song by the English Alternative rock band Radiohead, written by vocalist Thom Yorke. Radiohead
External links
- Cyclo at the Internet Movie Database
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