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Butterfly

2004 · 124 min

A quiet, tender drama that lingers on suppressed desire and the ache of reawakening, asking patience as it unfolds.

Directed by
Gorretti Mak Yan-yan
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Josie Ho, Tian Yuan, Eric Kot Man-Fai
Overview
Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.

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Directed by
Gorretti Mak Yan-yan
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Josie Ho, Tian Yuan, Eric Kot Man-Fai
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • sexuality
  • memory
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Gorretti Mak Yan-yan
Starring
Josie Ho, Tian Yuan, Eric Kot Man-Fai, Isabel Chan Yat-ning, Stephanie Che Yuen-Yuen, Chiang Cho-Man, Kenneth Tsang, Lau Hung-Dau
Cinematography
Charlie Lam Chi-kin
Runtime
124 min
Country
Hong Kong
Languages
Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Portuguese

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