Butterfly

2004 · 124 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 1,148 VOTES · DIR. Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan

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Overview

Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.

Dialogue Timeline — 854 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:33 We've read Yu Qiuyu's "The Messenger" last week
00:05:17 They would be starving without me
00:11:28 Thank you
00:18:19 I don't know
00:23:57 Is it because I was always working and neglected you?
00:28:21 I was afraid you'd be mad at me
00:31:51 Were we not always better than somebody else?
00:39:25 Fuck off
00:44:48 Where have you been? Why didn't you go to school?
00:47:27 Never own much anything
00:52:40 Hi! Are you from Hong Kong?
00:57:41 Sorry, I've given you a lot of trouble
01:00:04 "People gathered and stopped the army from moving"
01:08:38 I don't know why I always fell for girls
01:14:08 I didn't say a word
01:18:51 Aren't you afraid that all this would be a waste?
01:25:21 Are you inside?
01:28:37 "There must be something I can still do"
01:32:15 I went to see her for your own good
01:37:10 Ming
01:41:57 How are you?
01:51:14 It's better for me to explain it So that I can clear my mind
01:53:48 She brought me back to Macau later
02:02:21 To hug someone

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed854
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:01:33
Final line02:02:21

Production Record

DirectorGorretti Mak Yan-Yan
LanguageChinese
IMDb votes1,148