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.
as Kim
as Ban
as Thanh
as Dinh, Kim's Father
as Det
as Hai Tich
as Ba Tu
as Lap
as Quang
as Xuyen
as Lam
as Thieu
as Cha Ban
as Kim, Age 5
as Bà Hai
