M
BUTTERFLY
With
Jeremy
Irons,
John
Lone,
Barbara
Sukowa,
Ian
Richardson,
Annabel
Leventon,
Annabel
Leventon,
Vernon
Dobtcheff
Directed
by
David
Cronenberg
Based
on
David
Henry
Hwang’s
controversial
play
(for
which
he
also
wrote
the
screenplay),
this
tale
set
in
the
‘60s,
focuses
around
a
diplomat
(Rene
Gallimard)
who
falls
for
an
opera
singer
(Song
Liling).
Built
around
the
Puccini
opera
"Madama
Butterfly",
trust
and
love,
truth
and
lies
become
the
focal
point
to
the
utmost
degree
as
this
relationship
is
doomed
from
the
start
and
torn
to
lead
to
tragedy.
This
is
one
of
Cronenberg’s
first
movies
more
blatantly
moving
away
from
his
unique
sci-fi
tinged,
body-horror
genre
which
he
executes
so
brilliantly
-
but
his
fascination
with
biology
and
the
human
psyche
is
still
well-intact.
5
/
B
-
Paul
Blom
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