Butterfly
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Movie Reviews of Butterfly
Movie Review: What a worderful film !
Summary: 5 Stars
Beutifully told, this is a wonderful film.Movie Review: Great Movie - Gran Película
Summary: 4 Stars
Written in English and Spanish / Escrito en inglés y español...
For English speakers:
I was recommended this movie and loved it. I am trying to learn about the Spanish Civil War and this has been beneficial in helping me better understand the varying attitudes of the Spanish people in the Second Spanish Republic prior to its fall to fascism in 1939.
The film shows a very positive side to liberal parties of Spain. The teacher Don Gregorio is in fact a socialist working to educate the youth of Spain and hoping for a truly free Spain (He lived through the Restoration of the monarchy). He is inspirational as a teacher and personal mentor to the protagonist Moncho.
Many beautiful relationships are formed throughout the movie, which is perhaps why it is so sad at the end to see the Galician village experience such hate among the people there. People lost friends and family because they either had different political and/or religious views (The Church was persecuted under the Republican government and in turn supported the fascists who defended it) or were too scared to speak out. "Butterfly" exemplifies life, love, and tragedy of war.
Para Hispanohablantes:
Esta película me fue recomendada y me encantó. Trato de aprender más sobre la Guerra Civil y ésta me ha ayudado entender bien las varias actidudes de la gente española de la Segunda República Española antes de caer al fascismo en 1939.
La película muestra un aspecto muy positivo del movimiento liberal de España. El maestro Don Gregorio se considera socialista y trata de educar a los niños de España y espera una España verderda libre (vivió por la Restoración de la monarquía). Como maestro, es una inspiración y gran mentor al protagonista Moncho.
Muchas relaciones bonitas se forman durante la película, y tal vez por eso es muy triste que, al fin, el pueblo gallego sufra tan odio en sí. Las personas pierden a sus amigos y familias o porque tienen creencias políticas y/o religiosas diferentes(La Iglesia había sido perseguida por el gobierno republicana y entonces apoyaba a los fascistas que la defendían) o tenían miedo de defender a las víctimas. Las Lenguas de las Mariposas demuestra la vida, el amor y la tragedía de la guerra.
Movie Review: A Film That Is Both Heartwarming and Troubling
Summary: 4 Stars
I thought this film was another title. I wanted a French film called LE PAPILLON, about an older gentleman who becomes a grandfather-like figure to a young girl, but I wasn't too careful and selected BUTTERFLY figuring it was an English translation of the title. When I viewed it and saw a little boy instead of a little girl, discovered that the older man was a teacher and not a grandfather, and the dialogue was in Spanish, not French, that I realized I had the wrong title. I decided to keep the title and watch it, and discovered a beautiful and moving film.
The story begins in an idyllic time and setting: Spain in the days prior to the Fascist revolution. It appears to be a simpler time and the colorful village life is not unlike the two French films MY MOTHER'S CASTLE and its companion MY FATHER'S GLORY. The story revolves around a young boy named Moncho and his first year in school. He is taught by the gentle Don Gregorio, a wise man who also knows the importance of training young minds. We also see a loving older/younger brother relationship develop between Moncho and Andrea, a budding musician who believes he is one saxophone lesson away from becoming a musical Dom Juan. He also has a close friend Rocque. Whatever the teacher cannot teach him, Moncho believes Rocque and Andrea will. We see Moncho grow under his teacher's guidance, yet as the film progresses, we know something terrible is about to happen which occurs when the tremors of the fascist revolt touch their town and the townspeople become divided based more on fear than conviction. The film is poignant largely because of the way its innocent beginning changes and has a tragic end, reminding us how strong self preservation can be, and how easily young minds can learn hate.
I've ordered LE PAPILLON and know that I'll finally see the film I wanted to see in the first place, but I'm glad I also have BUTTERFLY in my collection.
Enjoy!!!
Movie Review: Coming Of Age In A Time Of Treachery
Summary: 4 Stars
...I have seen so many coming of age films, especially foreign ones, that only a few stand out for me anymore as 5 star films. The movie's first half, set in 1930s Spain, is rather heart warming about a young boy and his elderly teacher. The teacher singles the boy out for special kindness and tutoring, including giving the boy a butterfly net and their using the net to explore and understand the natural world. The teacher explains to the boy all the characteristics of a certain insect before setting it free again. However, the Spanish Civil War creeps into the movie's second half and it divides its citizens so that they start turning on one another and urging one another's arrest to avoid the same themselves. The story continues to follow the boy and the teacher through this growing ugliness until they themselves are enmeshed in the same conflict of citizen persecuting fellow citizen that every Civil War entails. The boy now sees the natural world at his own level of existence, indeed comes of age, and grows up by following his own survival characteristics.Movie Review: Beautiful but incomplete
Summary: 4 Stars
The story is poignant, to say the least. The acting is perfect--both the beautiful young boy and the lovely old man. The photography is lovely. The scenes of village life at that time are charming. Life looked almost like Paradise for a while. Politics happened and people suffered.
I failed to give this very touhing film five stars because I think it lacks as a work of art. It is imbalanced. There is so much importance given to the deep relationship of the boy and his family to the esteemed schoolteacher and then suddenly, with not enough preparation, we are subjected to the terrible cruelty of the final scene. I kept expecting something later to tie in the two extremes---perhaps the boy in later life, showing how the schoolteacher had influenced him for the good....something, anything. Leaving us with the tragedy unresolved was realistic, in one sense, but horribly upsetting and unsatisfying. As a political statement, it was surely justified, but as a work of art, it cheated us.