Buffalo Boy (2004)
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.
Director: Minh Nguyen-Vo
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Lê Thế Lữ as Kim |
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Kiều Trinh as Ban |
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Nguyễn Hữu Thành as Dinh, Kim's Father |
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Zan Sram Kra as Det |
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Van Be Truong as Hai Tich |
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Ánh Hoa as Bà Hai |
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Nguyễn Thị Thắm as Ba Tu |
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Hoang Nhan Vo as Lap |
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Trương Quang Thịnh as Quang |
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Nguyễn Văn Đây as Xuyen |
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Thạch Kim Long as Thanh |
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Thi Thu Tam Cao as Lam |
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Huu Phuoc Nguyen as Thieu |
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Chau Nguyen as Cha Ban |
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Trung Truc Thach as Kim, Age 5 |
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Thành Lũy as Tax agent |
| Directing | Minh Nguyen-Vo | Director |
| Writing | Nam Son | Writer |
| Writing | Minh Nguyen-Vo | Writer |
| Sound | Tôn-Thât Tiêt | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Yves Cape | Cinematography |
| Production | Olivier Dubois | Producer |
| Production | Duc Tien Le | Producer |
| Production | Vincent Canart | Producer |
| Production | Muriel Merlin | Producer |
| Production | Minh Nguyen-Vo | Associate Producer |
| Production | Phạm Hồng Phong | Production Designer |