Movie
Madame Butterfly
1932 · 86 min
A slow, sorrowful romance that aches with devotion and abandonment, ending in quiet devastation. Elegant and stagebound, it asks patience and rewards it with heartbreak.
- Directed by
- Marion Gering
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
- Overview
- Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later, having married again in America, and tells Cho-Cho that their affair is over. She has had a child in his absence, who is sent to her family, before she kills herself.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, romantic, earnest and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, betrayal, isolation, grief
- Content
- Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Marion Gering
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
