

Buffalo Boy
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- Vietnamese
- vietnam
- monsoon
- indochina
- anthology
- poverty
- occupation
- 1940s
- water buffalo
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Vietnam, Germany, France, Belgium
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)Chicago International Film Festival13 Oct 2004
- Theatrical (limited)Portland International Film Festival12 Feb 2005
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)Toronto International Film Festival14 Aug 2004
FranceFR
- Theatrical (limited)Paris Quinzaine du Cinéma Francophone5 Oct 2004
- Theatrical (limited)Amiens International Film Festival7 Nov 2004
- Theatrical23 Mar 2005
SwedenSE
- Theatrical (limited)Göteborg International Film Festival31 Jan 2007
SwitzerlandCH
- Premiere9 Aug 2004
VietnamVN
- Theatrical2 Jun 2005
- TheatricalVietnam Film Festival1 Nov 2007
- Theatrical (limited)Vietnam International Film Festival18 Oct 2010
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Buffalo Boy was released on 14 August 2004.
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