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Buffalo Boy

6.4

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Original title

Mua len trau (Buffalo Boy)

Year

2004

Running time

102 min.

Country

Vietnam

Director

Minh Nguyen-Vo

Screenwriter

Minh Nguyen-Vo. Tale: Nam Son

Cast

Music

Tôn Thât Thiêt

Cinematography

Yves Cape

Producer

Co-production Vietnam-Belgium-France;

Distributor: Global Film Initiative

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

Set in the lowlands of southern Viet Nam in 1940, Mua Len Trau tells a powerful coming of age story involving independence, survival, and man’s battle with and dependence on nature. As a first test of his manhood, 15-year-old Kim’s aging father trusts him to herd the family’s water buffaloes to the high pastures of the surrounding mountains to escape the severe floods of the six-month rainy season. During his perilous journey, Kim discovers the world of the buffalo keepers – a harsh, male world fuelled by alcohol, and fraught with violence and betrayal, but with qualities of friendship and independence. Drawn to this nomadic life, Kim must choose between freedom and family.

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Critics' reviews

"Despite the exotic locale, this is a coming-of-age tale that should be familiar to anyone raised on the tales of Jack London or Robert Louis Stevenson."

Ken Fox: TV Guide
"The world in 'Buffalo Boy' is filled with wonder, but it is a world also filled with real desire, real death, not abstractions."

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"Sports a stronger narrative spine than is usual in Vietnamese rural dramas and a less fragile tone in its deployment of landscape and character."

Derek Elley: Variety

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