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The Butterfly's Dream

2013 · 138 min

A tender, bittersweet immersion in youthful passion and fragile hope, shadowed by illness and history.

Directed by
Yılmaz Erdoğan
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Mert Fırat, Belçim Bilgin
Overview
In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.

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Directed by
Yılmaz Erdoğan
Genres
Drama, History
Starring
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Mert Fırat, Belçim Bilgin
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • death
  • art
  • friendship
  • ambition
Places
  • small town
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, history
Directed by
Yılmaz Erdoğan
Starring
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Mert Fırat, Belçim Bilgin, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Taner Birsel, İpek Bilgin
Music
Rahman Altın
Cinematography
Gökhan Tiryaki
Runtime
138 min
Country
Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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