A pedicab driver (Le Van Loc) works hard to keep his family afloat. His elder sister (Tran Nu Yên-Khê) carries water to the market and pitches in too, along with their grizzled grandfather who fixes bike tires. But their "idyllic" life takes a turn for the worse when the pedicab is stolen. The brother plunges into the sleazy and cut throat underbelly of Saigon and the sister is turned to prostitution by her lover (Tony Leung).
The film shows you a young Tony Leung playing an intense role filled with inner conflict and bordering on perversion. Anh Hung Tran masterfully keeps you involved with minimal dialog and chilling imagery but at the end of it all you wonder if he could have gone the extra yard and stitched the pieces a tad tighter.
Rating: * *
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