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Butterfly

1993 · 54 min

A playful, intimate portrait that drifts between rehearsal rooms and cities, letting an eccentric artist's wit and contradictions carry you along.

Directed by
Alexey Uchitel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Valentina Talyzina, Irina Metlitskaya, Roman Viktyuk
Overview
Roman Viktyuk is either hated or adored. But the eccentricity, the dissimilarity to everything of his work is recognized by everyone. The film by Alexei Uchitel - illustration for the life of the scandalous maestro. Unique shots from rehearsals, a trip to Lviv and New York, young actors, now stars - once opened by Viktyuk, scenes from the director's most striking and challenging performances. And Roman Viktyuk himself, ironic, funny, sincere .

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Directed by
Alexey Uchitel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Valentina Talyzina, Irina Metlitskaya, Roman Viktyuk
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 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
  • art
  • identity
  • celebrity
  • work
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alexey Uchitel
Written by
Alexey Uchitel, Avdotya Smirnova
Starring
Valentina Talyzina, Irina Metlitskaya, Roman Viktyuk, Sergey Vinogradov, Natalia Makarova
Cinematography
Yuri Aleksandrov
Runtime
54 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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