Product Details

• Actors: Silvia Munt, Fernando Valverde, Txema Blasco, Susana García Díez, Laura Vaquero
• Directors: Juanma Bajo Ulloa
• Producers: Butterfly Wings ( Alas de mariposa ), Butterfly Wings, Alas de mariposa
• Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Avalon
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0022S8QQI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,721 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Spain released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 3-DVD Set, Box Set, Collectors Edition, Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Documentary, Featurette, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Remastered, Scene Access, Short Film, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: The first half of this ponderous drama shows a six-year-old girl whose life is overshadowed by the impending birth of a baby boy, of whom she is intensely jealous. Some months after he is born, undetected, she quietly smothers him to death. In the second half, she is nineteen and wants to leave the bosom of her family but is financially unable to do so. In the final moments of the film, a melodramatic turn of events fuels a reconciliation between the disaffected young woman and her mother. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, Goya Awards, San Sebastian International Film Festival, ...Butterfly Wings ( Alas de mariposa )

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wings of Obsession, June 12, 2000

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Flickhead "former film critic for KLSX" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Butterfly Wings [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This debut feature from director Juanma Bajo Ulloa, a dark tale of obsession, set the tone for his future films Dead Mother, and Open Your Eyes. It concerns the relationship between a girl and her mother after the latter's obsessive need to grant her husband a male heir. The situations that develop from what would hardly be considered a plot point in the hands of a lesser director lead to the tense brow-beating conclusion of one of Spain's most offbeat art films. Butterfly Wings explores the dynamics that arise within the different relationships the characters have with each other, nary an angle unexamined. Rich in character development as well as eye candy, it remains both unsettling and richly satisfying.

5.0 out of 5 stars My absolute favourite, March 18, 2001

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jaga (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Butterfly Wings [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I simply love this movie, I like everything about it, great story, great performances, excellent music. If somebody asks me about my favourite films, this one is the first on my mind.