This intriguing drama from Minh Nguyen-Vo follows a young man in rural Vietnam, in the years just before World War II and the Japanese invasion, who must provide for his family by moving their water buffalo to higher ground during a bad flood season--a dangerous task that requires him to work... [More]

This intriguing drama from Minh Nguyen-Vo follows a young man in rural Vietnam, in the years just before World War II and the Japanese invasion, who must provide for his family by moving their water buffalo to higher ground during a bad flood season--a dangerous task that requires him to work with a local gang, appease French soldiers, and battle the river itself. [Less]