- Butterfly Kiss
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name = Butterfly Kiss
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director =Michael Winterbottom
writer =Frank Cottrell Boyce
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starring =Amanda Plummer Saskia Reeves
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runtime = 88 min.
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released = 1995
language = English
country = UK
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imdb_id = 0112604"Butterfly Kiss" is a 1995 British film, directed by
Michael Winterbottom and written byFrank Cottrell Boyce . It starsAmanda Plummer andSaskia Reeves . It was also released under the alternative title "Killer on the Road".Plot
Set on the bleak motorways of
Lancashire , "Butterfly Kiss" tells the story of Eunice (Plummer), a nomadicserial killer , and Miriam (Reeves), a naive and lonely young girl who falls under her spell.Reception
Film critic
Roger Ebert noted that the use of the names 'Mi' and 'Eu' for characters defined by good and evil suggest two sides of a schizophrenic [sic] personality warring against each other with ultimately tragic results.cite web |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960809/REVIEWS/608090301/1023 |title=Butterfly Kiss |last=Ebert |first=Roger |authorlink=Roger Ebert |work=Chicago Sun Times |date=1996-08-09 |accessdate=2007-08-02]"Variety" called it "An often breathtakingly original meld of
road movie ,lesbian love story,psychodrama andblack comedy ".cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117903730.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 |title=Butterfly Kiss |work=Variety |date=1995-02-16 |accessdate=2007-08-02 |first=Derek |last=Elley]References
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