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Buffalo Boy (2004)

Buffalo Boy (2004)

Drama
Release Date: 2004, August 14
Directors: Minh Nguyen-Vo
Countries: Belgium, Germany, France, Vietnam
Production: Thoke Moebius Film Company, Giai Phong Film Studio, Novak Prod, 3B Productions
Cast: Kiều Trinh, Thạch Kim Long, Huu Thanh Nguyen, Chau Nguyen, The Lu Le, Huu Phuoc Nguyen, Zan Sram Kra, Van Be Truong, Hoang Nhan Vo, Nguyễn Văn Đây, Thi Thu Tam Cao, Trung Truc Thach

Overview:

Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. During the rainy season, there's no grass and the buffalo are starving. Kim volunteers to take the beasts inland to find food. On this coming-of-age journey, Kim sees men mistreat women, men fight with men, and French taxes rob the poor. He works for Lap, a buffalo herder whose past is entangled with Kim's parents, and he makes friends who will lead him to his place in the world.

Keywords:

1940s poverty vietnam anthology indochina occupation monsoon water buffalo