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Butterfly

Country: China, Language: Chinese, 124 mins

Original Title

Hu Die
  • Director: Yan Yan Mak
  • Writer: Xue Chen; Yan Yan Mak
  • Producer: Jacqueline Liu; Yan Yan Mak

CGiii Comment

A definite talent to watch.

All the director needs to do now is cast off her veil of conservatism...and then, she could be a wonder to the world of direction.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Josie Ho as Flavia;
Yuan Tian as Yip;
Eric Kot as Ming;
Stephanie Che as Jin;
Yat Ning Chan as Young Flavia;
Joman Chiang as Young Jin;
Kenneth Tsang as Flavia's dad;
Pauline Yam as Rosa;
Carl Ng as Carl;
Yuen-Leung Poon as Man in coffee shop;
Redbean Lau as Flavia's mum;
Alice Lee as Pauline