Butterfly

2004 2h 4m CN

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 36

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Josie Ho
Flavia
Tian Yuan
Yip
Eric Kot Man-Fai
Ming
Isabel Chan Yat-Ning
Young Flavia
Stephanie Che Yuen-Yuen
Jin
Chiang Cho-Man
Young Jin
Kenneth Tsang
Flavia's Father
Lau Hung-Dau
Flavia's Mother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan
Writers: Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Portuguese
Countries: Hong Kong

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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2 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Portuguese.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan, shot by Charlie Lam Chi-Kin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Josie Ho and Tian Yuan and Eric Kot Man-Fai carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0440939 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 36 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan directs. Charlie Lam Chi-Kin behind the camera. Produced in Hong Kong. Dialogue in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Portuguese.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan, shot by Charlie Lam Chi-Kin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Josie Ho and Tian Yuan and Eric Kot Man-Fai carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0440939 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 36 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.