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Butterfly (1999)

Butterfly (1999)

Drama

Stop and taste the world.

Release Date: 1999, September 24
Directors: José Luis Cuerda
Countries: Spain
Production: TVG, Canal+ España, Las Producciones del Escorpión S.L., TVE, Grupo Voz, Sogetel
Cast: Gonzalo Uriarte, Tamar Novas, Eduardo Gómez, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Celso Bugallo, Xosé Manuel Olveira, Guillermo Toledo, Manuel Lozano, Antonio Pérez, Alberto Castro, Jesús Castejón, Eva Fernández

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

friendship coming of age fascism 1930s teacher spanish civil war (1936-39) galicia, spain atheist butterfly