Agrega una trama en tu idiomaEunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith, the woman, she says to be in love with. It's bad luck for the women... Leer todoEunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith, the woman, she says to be in love with. It's bad luck for the women at the cash desk not to be Judith, because Eunice is eccentric, angry and extreme dangero... Leer todoEunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith, the woman, she says to be in love with. It's bad luck for the women at the cash desk not to be Judith, because Eunice is eccentric, angry and extreme dangerous. One day she meets Miriam, hard of hearing and a little ingenuous, who feels sympathy f... Leer todo
- Dirección
- Guionistas
- Elenco
- Premios
- 4 nominaciones en total
- Waitress
- (as Elizabeth McGrath)
Opiniones destacadas
Eunice and Miriam are the central characters. Known to each other as Eu and Mi, (You and Me). Eunice feels God has forgotten her, so makes has to punish herself or her sins and crimes. Miriam is a sweet, sensitive girl, a complete opposite to Eu. At opposite ends of whatever the scale might have been, Eu and Mi cross the country so Eu can find the only person she has ever loved...
It is a shocking tale. It is disturbing, depressing. It is, for me more of a tragedy that Hamlet and Macbeth put together and multiplied a hundred times. Love and Redemption. Love. Love. Love. That's what it's all about.
The final scene of any film should be something. I have never cried so hard in a film as I have in this one. Everybody who considers themself a fan of the 'non-Hollywood' style film with heart and guts, then see this incredible film! 10/10
It is not a Hollywood entertainment, nor is it a Jane Austen prestige picture, or a politely naughty comedy for the art house crowd. It's a movie for people who are willing to risk a certain amount of emotional discomfort to gain the benefits of experiencing the world through unaccustomed perspectives. It's for those who want to learn about human beings on the margins of society, the forgotten, the pathological, the lost.
It's the sort of film that can't be appreciated without a high tolerance for unsympathetic protagonists, unreliable narrators, unintelligible motivations, and morally ambiguous conclusions.
In short, Butterfly Kiss demands an intellectual curiosity and nimbleness of mind that's not always characteristic of American audiences.
This is not to argue that it's necessarily a good film, or successful at achieving its ambitions. More than once, while watching it, I found myself wondering how much relation to real people this story might actually have. Unlike Monster, with which it has obvious parallels, Butterfly Kiss doesn't appear to be based on factual events.
The film's ability to cause me to "suspend disbelief" suffered from a touch too much Grand Guignol excess and, perhaps more damningly, writerly artifice. (For no clear reason, the protagonists are named "You"(Eunice) & "Me" (Miriam).)
But the characters kept on surprising me, which indicates, if nothing else, that there's something vital and alive about this story. By the end, I was moved to pity for these two deeply damaged women, and, perhaps more importantly, I was moved to compassion.
For that, I'd sit through an unpleasant movie any day of the week.
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- TriviaAccording to the director, this feature was shot on a budget of GBP 400.000 and with a crew of around 20 people.
- ConexionesEdited into Screen Two: Butterfly Kiss (1997)
- Bandas sonorasWalkin' Back To Happiness
Performed by Helen Shapiro
Written by John Schroeder & Mike Hawker
Copyright Dick James Music Ltd.
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
By Arrangement with EMI Special Markets UK
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- Fjärilskyssar
- Locaciones de filmación
- Productoras
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Taquilla
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 87,626
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 87,626
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 28 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1