Buffalo Boy
2005 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 626 VOTES · DIR. Minh Nguyen-Vo
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 727 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:03 I have always lived in Ca Mau, with the dry and flooding seasons.
00:04:37 just the other day.
00:07:12 God and Buddha will help us this year.
00:09:58 Everyone has seen that.
00:16:47 Please. My two buffaloes are dying of hunger.
00:20:35 There's a big hill there covered with grass.
00:25:12 It was my father who sent me. How about you?
00:28:43 I don't drink.
00:35:10 It's fate.
00:39:02 Stop swearing!
00:41:44 we can't survive here with one buffalo.
00:46:01 My father taught me.
00:48:08 Where is he? I want to see him!
00:50:30 I'll split my share.
00:56:13 I want to catch my shadow!
00:59:57 Stop, you are raving!
01:04:32 My father should have known!
01:07:48 Dry yourself, you'll catch a chill!
01:09:56 Careful, the sampan might sink.
01:15:13 They should play more often!
01:19:04 that if he thinks he can edge me out
01:23:29 Keep away from me.
01:29:57 Water's the same everywhere.
01:38:48 Subtitling by TVS - TITRA FILM
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed727
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:01:03
Final line01:38:48
Production Record
DirectorMinh Nguyen-Vo
LanguageVI
IMDb votes626