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.
Thạch Kim Long
as Thanh
Thi Kieu Trinh Nguyen
as Ban
The Lu Le
as Kim
Huu Thanh Nguyen
as Dinh, Kim's Father
Zan Sram Kra
as Det
Van Be Truong
as Hai Tich
Nguyen Anh Hoa
as Ba Hai
Tham Nguyen Thi
as Ba Tu
Hoang Nhan Vo
as Lap
Trương Quang Thịnh
as Quang
Nguyễn Văn Đây
as Xuyen
Thi Thu Tam Cao
as Lam
