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Butterfly

Movie Title: 
Butterfly
Picture: 

Butterfly

Year of Production: 
2004
Genre: 
Drama
Director: 
Yan Yan Mak
Internet Movie Database: 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440939/
Video Information: 
Size: 695Mb | Play duration: 02:09:09 | FourCC: xvid/XVID | Resolution: 640 x 352 | Display aspect ratio: 1.81 | Framerate: 23.976 fps | Audio: mp3 Chinese | Country: Hong Kong | Subtitles: French hardcoded plus English and Italian softsubs Cast: Josie Ho, Tian Yuan, Eric Kot, Isabel Chen, Joman Chiang
Movie Description: 
The film follows Flavia (Josie Ho), a married high school teacher, who encounters free spirited female singer-songwriter Yip (Tian Yuan) and strikes up a relationship with the younger girl. Flavia is a lesbian, but never can act like one because she was brought up in a society where homosexuality was not accepted. When Flavia was a teenager, she once fell in love with a girl in her class, but the relationship was forced to end when it was discovered by her parents. Flavia, ended up being heartbroken, eventually married a competent and yet caring businessman after she was graduated from university. Now in her 30s and married with a child, she met Yip, a beautiful singer-songwriter. Flavia is deeply attracted by her carefree personality and bright spirit, she fell in love with Yip just like the first love she had in high school. She slowly dares to break out, worried about the consequences but equally about finding her true self again. The was chosen as the Opening Film at Venice Film Festival Critics Week and Tian Yuan was awarded as the Best New Artist at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005. The film was also nominated at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards in 2004 for Best Adapted Screenplay (Yan Yan Mak) and Best New Performer (Tian Yuan).