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Butterfly (1999)
Directed by José Luis Cuerda
“Stop and taste the world.”
Drama · 1h 36m
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
Cast
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Manuel Lozano
Uxía Blanco
Gonzalo Uriarte
Jesús Castejón
Guillermo Toledo
Elena Bagutta
Tamar Novas
Tatán
Crew
- Director
- José Luis Cuerda
- Screenplay
- Rafael Azcona, José Luis Cuerda
- Novel
- Manuel Rivas
- Director of Photography
- Javier Salmones
- Editor
- Nacho Ruiz Capillas, Ignacio Cayetano Rodríguez
Details
- Original title
- La lengua de las mariposas
- Release date
- 1999-09-24
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, Galician, Latin
- Countries
- Spain
- Production
- TVG, Canal+ España, Las Producciones del Escorpión S.L., TVE, Grupo Voz, Sogetel
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Box office
- $7,738,129