Buffalo Boy

Set along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. 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.

Cast

Thạch Kim Long

Thạch Kim Long

as Thanh

Thi Kieu Trinh Nguyen

Thi Kieu Trinh Nguyen

as Ban

The Lu Le

The Lu Le

as Kim

Huu Thanh Nguyen

Huu Thanh Nguyen

as Dinh, Kim's Father

Zan Sram Kra

Zan Sram Kra

as Det

Van Be Truong

Van Be Truong

as Hai Tich

Nguyen Anh Hoa

Nguyen Anh Hoa

as Ba Hai

Tham Nguyen Thi

Tham Nguyen Thi

as Ba Tu

Hoang Nhan Vo

Hoang Nhan Vo

as Lap

Trương Quang Thịnh

Trương Quang Thịnh

as Quang

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