La lengua de las mariposas (1999)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

José Luis Cuerda

Escritores:

Rafael Azcona (writer)
José Luis Cuerda (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 septiembre 1999 (Spain)

Género:

Drama | Música | Guerra

Frase comercial:

A magical tale about growing up in country growing apart.

Plot:

For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Betrayal | Coming Of Age | School | Friend

Premios:

5 wins & 19 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A gorgeous blend of emotion and politics

Reparto

Fernando Fernán Gómez	...	Don Gregorio
Manuel Lozano	...	Moncho
Uxía Blanco	...	Rosa
Gonzalo Uriarte	...	Ramón
Alexis de los Santos	...	Andrés
Jesús Castejón	...	D. Avelino
Guillermo Toledo	...	O'Lis
Elena Fernández	...	Carmiña
Tamar Novas	...	Roque
Tatán	...	Roque Padre
Roberto Vidal Bolaño	...	Boal (as Roberto Vidal)
Celso Parada	...	Macias
Celso Bugallo	...	Cura
Antonio Lagares	...	Alcalde (as Tucho Lagares)
Milagros Jiménez	...	Nena

También conocida como:

Butterfly's Tongue (Philippines: English title) (UK)
A Lingua das bolboretas (Spain: Galician title)
Butterfly (DVD title)
Butterfly Tongues (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for a strong sex scene.

Duración:

96 min

País:

Spain

Idioma:

Español | Latin

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R

Compañía:

Canal+ España

Banda de Sonido:

La orquesta azul

A gorgeous blend of emotion and politics

It's a beautiful (and too rare) thing to witness a child actor who can avoid the saccharine cutesiness so common to mainstream American child actors. In this film full of children there are, happily, no cloying, exaggerated "cute kid" moments.

The real beauty of La lengua de las mariposas is what's unspoken -- the truths that remain between the lines. The film's political theme is never heavy-handed, and its vivid and fascinating depiction of a turbulent moment in Spanish history has inspired in me a desire to learn more. Without spoiling the ending (which I read as fairly subversive, at least to an American audience), I must say I wasn't entirely surprised at what happened. It brought a tear to my eye and it's still making me think, three days later.

Those who liked this film should also see La Vita e Bella (Life Is Beautiful) and La notte di San Lorenzo (Night Of Shooting Stars), which are similar and may appeal equally, if not more.