Buffalo Boy
2004, Vietnamese. Directed by Minh Nguyen-Vo.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Vietnamese
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- Released
- 14 August 2004
- Original title
- Mùa len trâu
- Country
- Vietnam, Germany, France, Belgium
- Written by
- Minh Nguyen-Vo, Nam Son
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Who directed Buffalo Boy?
Buffalo Boy (2004) was directed by Minh Nguyen-Vo and stars Lê Thế Lữ, Kiều Trinh, Nguyễn Hữu Thành.