Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Minh Nguyen-Vo
Written : Minh Nguyen-Vo Nam Son
Stars : Huu Thanh Nguyen Thi Kieu Trinh Nguyen The Lu Le Zan Sram Kra
Genres : Drama
Release date : Mar 22, 2005
Countries of origin : France Belgium Vietnam
Language : Vietnamese
Filming locations : Vietnam
Production companies : 3B Productions Giai Phong Film Studio Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel et des Télédistributeurs Wallons
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Mar 22, 2005
Countries of origin : France Belgium Vietnam
Language : Vietnamese
Filming locations : Vietnam
Production companies : 3B Productions Giai Phong Film Studio Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel et des Télédistributeurs Wallons
