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.
| Runtime: | 102 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | 3B Productions |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Countries: | France, Belgium, Vietnam |
| Language: | Vietnamese |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Minh Nguyen-Vo | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Minh Nguyen-Vo | Writer |
| Nam Son | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anh Hoa Nguyen | Ba Hai |
| Chau Nguyen | Cha Ban |
| Hoang Nhan Vo | Lap |
| Huu Phuoc Nguyen | Thieu |
| Huu Thanh Nguyen | Dinh, Kim's Father |
| Kim Long Thach | Thanh |
| Quang Thinh Truong | Quang |
| The Lu Le | Kim |
| Thi Kieu Trinh Nguyen | Ban |
| Thi Tham Nguyen | Ba Tu |
| Thi Thu Tam Cao | Lam |
| Trung Truc Thach | Kim, Age 5 |
| Van Be Truong | Hai Tich |
| Van Day Nguyen | Xuyen |
| Zan Sram Kra | Det |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Axel Möbius | Associate Producer |
| Christoph Thoke | Associate Producer |
| Doug Dales | Co-Producer |
| Jean Bréhat | Producer |
| Khai Hoang Tran | Associate Producer |
| Le Duc Tien | Co-Producer |
| Minh Nguyen-Vo | Associate Producer |
| Muriel Merlin | Producer |
| Nghiem-Minh Nguyen-Vo | Associate Producer |
| Olivier Dubois | Producer |
| Rachid Bouchareb | Producer |
| Vincent Canart | Producer |
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