Black Butterfly (2017)

A hot altercation followed by a gallant rescue gets a lonely screenwriter a front-row seat to a tense backwoods drama when he decides to take in an ex-con drifter. Now, he is bent on making his host a better man. Will this nightmare end?

Director:

Brian Goodman

Writers:

Justin Stanley (screenplay by), Marc Frydman (screenplay by)

Stars:

Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antonio Banderas	...	Paul
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Jack
Piper Perabo	...	Laura
Vincent Riotta	...	Lt Carcano
Brian Goodman	...	Truck Driver / Agent Rothwell
Katie McGovern	...	Nancy Barrows
Jake Daley	...	AJ
Craig Peritz	...	Sam
Randall Paul	...	Mr. Owen (as Randall Richard Paul)
Cristina Moglia	...	Mrs. Owen
Abel Ferrara	...	Pat
Nicholas Aaron	...	Delivery Man
Nathalie Rapti Gomez	...	Julie
Gioia Libardoni	...	Waitress
Tracy Green	...	Diner Manager (as Tracy Sherman Greene)

Storyline

Outside a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul (Antonio Banderas), a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter at a diner with a drifter named Jack (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Paul offers Jack a place to stay-and soon the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work and the two men begin a jagged game of one-upmanship that will bring at least one tale to an end.

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Plot Keywords:

writer | cabin | realtor | writers block | remake | 

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Taglines:

A killer story with a twist.

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

Spain USA Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 May 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Borboleta Negra

Filming Locations:

Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ambi Pictures, Battleplan Productions, Compadre Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The black butterfly is seen in many different parts of the world as a symbol of misfortune or an omen of death.

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Goofs

The tattoos on Jack's arms change sides. When the delivery man arrives at the house and Jack sits on the stairs the two stripes framing the elbow are on the left arm, two minutes later up in the bathroom they are on the right arm.

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Quotes

Paul: Where are you going, Paul?
Jack: We had an agreement.

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Connections

Remake of Black Butterfly (2008)

User Reviews

Almost there but not quite yet

~ starts out flat, with almost no character development, lots of dialog but no real interaction between them and their actions, becomes boring and predictable at a certain point; then it hits you, and for 2 minutes it becomes a great f*****g movie only to mess up everything in the end and give you the cheapest solution possible.