21st Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival

Butterfly

蝴蝶

With in person.

Sat, May 21 @ 3:30 pm

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Director

Mak Yan-Yan

Year

2004

Run Time

min

Country

Hong Kong

Language

Cantonese

PROGRAM Time

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

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.

This film is presented in Cantonese with English subtitles.

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