Butterfly

Butterfly

2004 · 124 min · CN · 6.4 (25 votes)
Dir. Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan · Starring Josie Ho, Tian Yuan, Eric Kot Man-Fai, Isabel Chan Yat-Ning, Stephanie Che Yuen-Yuen, Chiang Cho-Man
Drama

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.

VIBE

A quiet, tender exploration of buried desires and the ache of unspoken feelings. It's a film that lingers, evoking the bittersweet pangs of memory and the courage it takes to confront one's true self.

melancholicintrospectivesensualyearningslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivenintimate dramaidentityforbidden lovememoryself-discovery
lesbian relationshipwoman director
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