Hoang Nhan Vo

A clever prankster attempts to exonerate his beloved teacher from a troubling conviction that involves a wily bureaucrat.

As French colonial rule reaches a violent end in Vietnam, a 12 year old boy makes a treacherous journey in search of his estranged father.

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.

Truong Ba, a gentleman, is accidentally struck off the Book of Life by careless gods. Realising their mistake, the gods reincarnate his soul into the corpse of Hoi, a violent, alcoholic butcher. Truong Ba’s troubles are only just beginning…

Phuoc wanders aimlessly and stops at the restaurant ‘White Night’, owned by the Boss. Sharing the space with those who work there, Phuoc learns about the lives of the Boss’s family.