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M. Butterfly (1993)

Name: M. Butterfly
Director: David Cronenberg
Genre: drama film, romance film, spy film
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.7

M. Butterfly is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by David Cronenberg and written by David Henry Hwang based on his 1988 play. The film stars Jeremy Irons and John Lone, with Ian Richardson, Barbara Sukowa, and Annabel Leventon. The story is loosely based on true events which involved French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Chinese opera singer Shi Pei Pu.

Directed by David Cronenberg · Shot by Peter Suschitzky · Cut by Ronald Sanders · Music by Howard Shore · 101 min

Behind the scenes

CRAFT: Costumes & Location | M. BUTTERFLY | David Cronenberg: Virtual Exhibition — TIFF · 2 min
Asi se hizo M BUTTERFLY (Making Of subtitulado al español) — Kitus Cine · 16 min

Elsewhere

More by David Cronenberg

Transfer — 1966
From the Drain — 1967
Stereo — 1969
Crimes of the Future — 1970
The Italian Machine — 1976
Shivers — 1976
Rabid — 1978
The Brood — 1979
Fast Company — 1979
Scanners — 1981
The Dead Zone — 1983
Videodrome — 1983
The Fly — 1986
Dead Ringers — 1988
Naked Lunch — 1991
Crash — 1996
Existenz — 1999
Camera — 2000
Spider — 2002
A History of Violence — 2005
Eastern Promises — 2007
To Each His Own Cinema — 2007
A Dangerous Method — 2011
Cosmopolis — 2012
Maps to the Stars — 2014
Crimes of the Future — 2022
The Shrouds — 2024

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