Butterfly (2004 film)

Infobox Film
name = Butterfly

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director = Yan Yan Mak
writer = Xue Chen (novel)
Yan Yan Mak (screenplay)
starring = Josie Ho
Tian Yuan
Eric Kot
Isabel Chen
Joman Chiang
producer = Jacqueline Liu
Yan Yan Mak
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = September 4 2004
country = flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong
runtime = 129 min.
language = Cantonese, Mandarin
amg_id = 1:331170 | imdb_id = 0440939

"Butterfly" (Chinese: 蝴蝶 "Húdié") is a 2004 Hong Kong film based on Taiwanese writer Xue Chen’s novel "The Mark of Butterfly" (蝴蝶的記號). The film was directed by female award-winning director Yan Yan Mak and produced by Jacqueline Liu and Yan Yan Mak with the sponsorship of Hong Kong Art Development Council.

Plot

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).

oundtrack

The film features a set of interesting music and songs from various artistes such as Múm, an experimental Icelandic musical group; Hopscotch, Tian Yuan's independent Chinese band and at17, a Hong Kong Folktronica band.

*Now There’s That Fear Again, from Múm's album Finally We Are No One,
*Sleep, Swim (as above),
*Green Grass of Tunnel (as above),
*Weeping Rock, Rock, from Múm's album Summer Make Good,
*A Wishful Way, from Hopscotch's (Tian Yuan's band) album "A Wishful Way"
*She (as above),
*The Best is Yet to Come, from at17's album "Meow Meow Meow".

Trivia

*According to the commentary on the DVD, director Yan Yan Mak invited Ellen Joyce Loo and Eman Lam of at17 to star as two of Flavia’s students who also fall in love with each other, but they rejected the roles. The role later was taken by Isabel Chen and Joman Chiang.
* There is a hidden music video of the song 'I will see you', sang by Tian Yuan , in the DVD (2005 Hong Kong version).

ee also

*Yan Yan Mak
*Josie Ho
*Tian Yuan
* List of Hong Kong films

External links

* [http://www.sogoodreviews.com/reviews/butterfly.htm Review on "Buttlefly" at www.sogoodreviews.com]