Buffalo Boy
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-08-14
Runtime: 102 mins
Director: Minh Nguyen-Vo
Writer: Minh Nguyen-Vo, Nam Son
Spoken language: Tiếng Việt
Genres: Drama
Original title: Buffalo Boy
Production Companies: Thoke Moebius Film Company, Giai Phong Film Studio, Novak Prod, 3B Productions
Production Countries: Vietnam, Germany, France, Belgium
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