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Summary: Beautiful movie!
Review: Another reviewer lamented this film's "obscure metaphors." Here's a hint: there aren't any. No knowledge of Spanish history is needed to understand any part of this film besides the very end, and anyone who took world history should know that the fascists carted off everyone they didn't like at the beginning of the civil war. To say that the western world has forgotten the Spanish civil war is akin to saying that the western world has forgotten the holocaust, the only greater atrocity ever committed on European soil.But about the movie itself. The cinematography is beautiful, and the acting is excellent. The subtitles are for the hearing impared, which is a little annoying, but it's easy enough to ignore "[dog barks]." The only fault I can find with the film is that it tends to digress a little too much; there are several peripheral episodes that never really go anywhere. The soundtrack is amazing. Definitely one of the best movies to come out of Spain in a long time!
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Summary: What a worderful film !
Review: Beutifully told, this is a wonderful film.
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Summary: Buterfly - A Must for all Hispanophiles !
Review: Butterfly is a lyrical and poetic account of how the human conflicts of the Spanish Civil War ravaged relationships in a Spanish village . Beautifully filmed , this is the story of a young boy and his much respected teacher ; it is a story predominantly about loss of innocence . A must for anyone who has been moved by Cinema Paradiso or Il Postino , and for Hispanophiles of all ages everywhere ! ( Have a box of Kleenex handy ! )
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Summary: Buterfly - A Must for all Hispanophiles !
Review: Butterfly is a lyrical and poetic account of how the human conflicts of the Spanish Civil War ravaged relationships in a Spanish village . Beautifully filmed , this is the story of a young boy and his much respected teacher ; it is a story predominantly about loss of innocence . A must for anyone who has been moved by Cinema Paradiso or Il Postino , and for Hispanophiles of all ages everywhere ! ( Have a box of Kleenex handy ! )
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Summary: Beautiful Films
Review: Butterfly is truly an amazing movie. It begins as a sweet, simple story about a boy and his teacher. The story becomes more complicated when the Spanish Civil War erupts, and they find themselves on two different sides. The cinematography is breathtaking! This really is a beautiful movie and I encourage people to come support it.
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Summary: Gentle and poignant at first, then--BOOM.
Review: For most of its running time, this story of growing up in 1930s Spain envelops the audience in a cloud of gentle, lyrical nostalgia. The evocation of long-lost boyhood is realized beautifully through the exquisite photography and the fine performances, particularly that of Fernando Fernan Gomez as a kindly, dedicated teacher. But as the shadows of the Spanish Civil War creep over the story, the action gradually gets nastier, building to an ending which is as shocking as it is tearjerking. "Butterfly," beautiful and bitterly poignant, reminds me of "To Kill a Mockingbird"--if Atticus, Scout and Jem had all joined the lynch mob against Tom Robinson.
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Summary: Check this one out.
Review: I had to go see two spanish films for one of my college courses. I am not really into foreign films. But when I saw this one my heart just cried out for the boy and for his teacher. I love this movie. I recommend it to any one.
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Summary: Spectacular!
Review: I saw this film this past summer on a whim, and having heard nothing about it I had no idea what to expect. From the very beginning you feel as if you are in the center of the film and can sense the soon to unfold tension. The world is seen through the eyes of a young boy and he's neither ignorant nor omniscient. He, like all of us growing up, is confused and trying to make sense of the world as best he can. The relationship between the student and teacher is extraordinay. Watch it as soon as you get a chance, you won't regret it. Butterfly is truly a beautiful film.
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Summary: Could've been soooooo much better...
Review: I would've given this film the 3 stars that it deserves, but I felt I had to cancel out all the nincompoops who give "Easy 5's" in their reviews.
The beginning of this film is moving, captivating, poignant; the ending of this film is also.
Unfortunately, what you have in between is a bunch of unrecognizable, undecipherable metaphor which starts to bore you in short order. It looks as though this film was lifted from a written work in which this middle metaphors were more easily discernible. However, when you make the darn thing a film, for goodness sakes, you have to be less subtle about things. Explain yourself, Mr. Moviemaker. Most of western civ. has forgotten there ever was a Spanish Civil War, and yet you expect us to grasp your hidden, esoteric metaphors???
Have you ever actually met another living human being who has read George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia"? Almost without exception--NO.
Thus, this movie could have been SOOOOOO much better, if they just explained things better.
The beginning and the ending are powerful. Then there's all that yawn-fest material in-between.
How sad...
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Summary: GENIAL!
Review: La pelicula se basa en un libro que consta de una serie de cuentos escrito por el joven escritor gallego, Manuel Rivas. La coleccion se llama "Que me quieres, Amor?". Fernando Fernan Gomez, el gran actor y novelista espanol, protagoniza un maestro de colegio que influye la vida de sus alumnos, y en particular, la de un alumno encantador a quien le pone el nombre "Gorrion". El pequeno se llama Moncho y la trama que desarrolla entre alumno y maestro tendra al espectador maravillado por la belleza y el poder de la obra cinematografica. Le hara a uno reir, sonreir, sentir y llorar al final. Hay que verla!
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