VN film Buffalo Boy

Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 04:42:17 -0800 (PST)

From: "Dan Tsang" <dtsang@lib.uci.edu>

To: vsg@u.washington.edu

Subject: [Vsg] Vietnamese film "Buffalo Boy" on DVD: March 21 2006 release date

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Buffalo BoyA luminous coming-of-age story set in the Mekong Delta of the 1930s, Nghiem-Minh Nguyen-Vo's festival award-winning drama is based on a cycle of short stories by Nam Son. The film follows a teenager (Le The Lu) as he joins a band of nomadic buffalo herders and gets introduced to a world of crime, violence, and romance. The youngster's adventures are set

against the achingly beautiful backdrop of mid-century Vietnam, with its rolling landscapes and lush, exhilarating colors. "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). In

Vietnamese with English subtitles.

ITEM NO. PRICE QTY

DVD-DV88549 - Includes director interview, photo gallery, discussion

guide, and director's statement and biography.

NOT YET RELEASED: - Available on 03/21/2006, Order Now! $24.95

Nghiem-Ming Nguyen-Vo Vietnam/Belgium/France 2004 96 mins.

Primary Category:vietnamese films

Secondary Category:N/A

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Daniel C. Tsang