Buffalo Boy
Buffalo Boy

Movie·2004·1h 42m

Buffalo Boy

Country

Vietnam

Language

Vietnamese

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Mùa len trâu

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.

Written By

Nam Son

Producer

Olivier Dubois, Duc Tien Le

Music

Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Themes

vietnammonsoonindochinaanthologypovertyoccupation1940swater buffalo

Production House

Thoke Moebius Film Company
Giai Phong Film Studio
Novak Prod
3B Productions

Audience Score

65%

11 votes

Skip12%
Timepass27%
Go for it38%
Perfection23%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Lê Thế Lữ

Lê Thế Lữ

Kim

Kiều Trinh

Kiều Trinh

Ban

Nguyễn Hữu Thành

Nguyễn Hữu Thành

Dinh, Kim's Father

Zan Sram Kra

Det

Van Be Truong

Hai Tich

Ánh Hoa

Ánh Hoa

Bà Hai

Nguyễn Thị Thắm

Nguyễn Thị Thắm

Ba Tu

Hoang Nhan Vo

Lap

Trương Quang Thịnh

Trương Quang Thịnh

Quang

Nguyễn Văn Đây

Xuyen

Thạch Kim Long

Thạch Kim Long

Thanh

Thi Thu Tam Cao

Lam

Huu Phuoc Nguyen

Thieu

Chau Nguyen

Cha Ban

Trung Truc Thach

Kim, Age 5

Thành Lũy

Thành Lũy

Tax agent

// crew

Crew

Minh Nguyen-Vo

Minh Nguyen-Vo

Director, Writer

Nam Son

Writer

Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Tôn-Thât Tiêt

Original Music Composer

Olivier Dubois

Producer

Duc Tien Le

Duc Tien Le

Producer

Vincent Canart

Producer

Muriel Merlin

Producer

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