M. Butterfly (1993)
Country: US
Technical: col 101m
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson
Synopsis:
During the Sixties in China a French accountant promoted to vice-consul develops an infatuation for an opera singer whom he first saw singing from Madame Butterfly and assumes to be a woman. The Chinese authorities meanwhile exploit the liaison for the information that can be had regarding US involvement in Indo-China.
Review:
The real irony of the film/play is of course the inversion of roles in the Butterfly-Pinkerton scenario that it affords. It is played with considerable conviction by the leads, and elicits uncommonly tender handling from its director, and composer Howard Shore, but despite proclaiming its basis in fact is perhaps too incredible for filmgoers to suspend disbelief.
Country: US
Technical: col 101m
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson
Synopsis:
During the Sixties in China a French accountant promoted to vice-consul develops an infatuation for an opera singer whom he first saw singing from Madame Butterfly and assumes to be a woman. The Chinese authorities meanwhile exploit the liaison for the information that can be had regarding US involvement in Indo-China.
Review:
The real irony of the film/play is of course the inversion of roles in the Butterfly-Pinkerton scenario that it affords. It is played with considerable conviction by the leads, and elicits uncommonly tender handling from its director, and composer Howard Shore, but despite proclaiming its basis in fact is perhaps too incredible for filmgoers to suspend disbelief.
Country: US
Technical: col 101m
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson
Synopsis:
During the Sixties in China a French accountant promoted to vice-consul develops an infatuation for an opera singer whom he first saw singing from Madame Butterfly and assumes to be a woman. The Chinese authorities meanwhile exploit the liaison for the information that can be had regarding US involvement in Indo-China.
Review:
The real irony of the film/play is of course the inversion of roles in the Butterfly-Pinkerton scenario that it affords. It is played with considerable conviction by the leads, and elicits uncommonly tender handling from its director, and composer Howard Shore, but despite proclaiming its basis in fact is perhaps too incredible for filmgoers to suspend disbelief.