Buffalo Boy

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Buffalo Boy ★★ Mua Len Trau 2004

Coming-of-age story set in 1940s Vietnam. Teenaged Kim is sent by his ill father Dinh to herd their two starving water buffalo to new pasture. Kim falls in with a tough group of buffalo herders, winds up with one buffalo, and tries to mend the rift with his father before the old man dies. Vietnamese with subtitles. 102m/C DVD . VT BE FR Le the Lu, Nguyen Huu Thanj, Vo Hoang Nhan; D: Minh Nguyen-Vo; W: Minh Nguyen-Vo; C: Yves Cape; M: Ton That Tiet.