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Director:

Yan Yan Mak

Writers:

Xue Chen (story)
Yan Yan Mak (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

2 December 2004 (Hong Kong) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations more

User Comments:

Butterfly without effect more (10 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Josie Ho ... Flavia
Yuan Tian ... Yip
Eric Kot ... Ming (Flavia's Husband)
Stephanie Che ... Jin
Yat Ning Chan ... Young Flavia (as Isabel Chan)
Joman Chiang ... Young Jin

Kenneth Tsang ... Flavia's dad
Pauline Yam ... Rosa
Carl Ng ... Carl (Man in Macau bar)
Yuen-Leung Poon ... Man in coffee shop
Redbean Lau ... Flavia's mum
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Alice Lee ... Pauline
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Butterfly (International: English title)
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Runtime:

124 min | Argentina:125 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Country:

Hong Kong

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China more


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Flavia: I don't know why I always fell for girls. I can't even help my students. I always give up when I'm half way through doing something. If I go on like this, I'll hurt a lot of people.
Yip: Why do you blame yourself for everything? You've tried your best. That's good enough. No one will blame you.
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References Roma (1972) more


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5 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Butterfly without effect, 4 April 2005
Author: flingebunt from Harbin, China

Almost every movie about gay or lesbian themes seem to have the same problem, they think they are saying something new and definitive about the topic, but really they repeating the same old trash.

According the cover of the DVD, butterfly was a bit of a shock horror scandal movie in Hong Kong. However there is little new to be said here. Flavia is a respectable married school teacher with a child. But when she was a school student she had a lesbian relationship.

She meets a girl in a supermarket who awakens her suppressed desires.

Using some interesting camera techniques to portray different times and feelings this makes this served to annoy me more than enlighten me (I think it is a Hong Kong, the camera is used to enforce a feeling or moment).

What happens in this movie is both beautifully told, but overly pedestrian. It could have been told in a much short way and really all that was being said was that if you are a lesbian you are a lesbian.

Still it is nice movie that might be good to watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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