Butterfly Kiss

Aug 18, 1995

1h 28m

★ 6.3

A story of love and redemption.

Overview

Deeply mentally unbalanced drifter Eunice roams grim northern Britain committing psychosexual serial murders of both men and women while ostensibly searching for an unknown woman named Judith. She spares the life of lonely but kind-hearted gas station cashier Miriam, who abandons her dismal life to follow her damaged new lover. While attempting to hide the evidence of her multiple crimes, Miriam tries to understand Eunice's bizarre quest.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Romance

Thriller

Production Companies

Merseyside Film Production Fund

British Screen Productions

Dan Films

Butterfly Kiss Trailers

Cast

Eunice

Amanda Plummer

Miriam

Saskia Reeves

Wendy

Kathy Jamieson

Eric McDermott

Des McAleer

Danielle

Lisa Riley

Elsie

Freda Dowie

Ella

Paula Tilbrook

Tony

Fine Time Fontayne

Waitress

Elizabeth McGrath

Angela

Joanne Cook

Gary

Paul Bown

Katie

Emily Aston

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