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2 December 2004 (Hong Kong) morePlot:
Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
Alternates between the past and the present moreCast
(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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Alice Lee | ... | Pauline | |
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124 min | Argentina:125 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)Country:
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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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The second feature from Hong Kong independent director Yan Yan Mak has been one of the most talked about films of 2004. A small-scale film that sits on the border of independent and commercial film-making, Butterfly premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2004 as the Opening Film for the International Critics' Week. It has since been invited to many film festivals around the world, including Stockholm, Pusan, Tokyo, Bangkok, India, Brazil and Australia. It also received two nominations at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards in 2004: Best Screenplay Adaptation for Mak and Best New Performer for Tian Yuan.
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