Butterfly
MovieTitle | La lengua de las mariposas |
User score | 7.4 |
Release date | Sep 24, 1999 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | José Luis Cuerda |
Production country | Spain |
Production companies | TVG, Canal+ España, Las Producciones del Escorpión S.L., TVE, Grupo Voz, Sogetel |
Budget | $3,000,000 |
Revenue | $7,738,129 |
Run time | 96 min. |
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.