There may have never been a more appropriate moment to play Radiohead's Creep than in this movie! Seriously, the depressing song fits despite the English lyrics and the Vietnamese language spoken in the movie. Anyways, Cyclo is quite a venture into the dark. It's not for a late night viewing, or for those easily bummed out. Tran Anh Hung directed this movie. Now I'm not sure if this qualifies as a French movie or Vietnamese because the director is from France, and even directs French movies, but set out apart from his other works when he directed this one that shows more of his heritage and cultural background.
Summary: A young man who is a cyclo driver is struggling to earn money for his family after the loss of their father. In order to provide more money after losing his cycle to thieves he gets swept into the world of crime by a group of criminals. One the man, the Poet, also leads his sister into the same world through prostitution. So she won't lose her virginity though she mainly caters to fetishes including feet washing. The families' problems have only just begun though as not everything in the crime world goes as planned.
