Butterfly

Sep 24, 1999

1h 36m

★ 7.3

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TVG

Canal+ España

Las Producciones del Escorpión S.L.

TVE

Grupo Voz

Sogetel

Butterfly Trailers

Cast

Don Gregorio

Fernando Fernán Gómez

Moncho

Manuel Lozano

Rosa

Uxía Blanco

Ramón

Gonzalo Uriarte

Andrés

Alexis de los Santos

Don Avelino

Jesús Castejón

O'lis

Guillermo Toledo

Carmiña

Elena Bagutta

Roque

Tamar Novas

Aurora

Lara López

Roque Padre

Tatán

Boal

Roberto Vidal Bolaño

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