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Butterfly(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-09-24
74%
231 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Stop and taste the world.
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.
Languages: Spanish, Galician.
Countries:
Spain
Budget: $3,000,000.00
Revenue: $7,738,129.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Canal+ España
Las Producciones del Escorpión S.L.
Grupo Voz
Sogetel
Movie: Butterfly
Top 10 Billed Cast
Fernando Fernán Gómez
Don Gregorio
Manuel Lozano
Moncho
Uxía Blanco
Rosa
Gonzalo Uriarte
Ramón
Jesús Castejón
Don Avelino
Guillermo Toledo
O'lis
Elena Bagutta
Carmiña
Tamar Novas
Roque
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