M. Butterfly

1993 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 11,271 VOTES · DIR. David Cronenberg

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Overview

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

Dialogue Timeline — 733 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:12 The expense reports from Intelligence.
00:04:10 Oh, Frau Baden says there's going to be an opera performance.
00:07:19 ...for medical experiments during the war?
00:09:10 And further your education.
00:11:04 They hate it because the white man gets the girl.
00:18:30 Or so you tell me.
00:24:35 What are we doing that's scandalous?
00:28:12 Listen.
00:30:05 I'm still trying to figure out, you know, what the...
00:32:28 I don't know how it's happened.
00:34:54 Coming here at this hour?
00:37:22 Gently.
00:42:53 There's an old Chinese proverb which says:
00:45:34 That's why I have men like you.
00:49:59 I called room service for a bottle of wine, but I think they probably...
00:53:18 I confess.
00:58:08 You tell the ministry we can no longer provide them...
01:05:03 I've thought about this over and over while you were away.
01:07:02 The only thing they're likely to trade out there are Western heads.
01:12:26 I'll bet if you go out that door, you'll think you're back in Beijing.
01:19:19 And then one day, he returned with his first diplomatic pouch.
01:23:05 You're nothing like my Butterfly.
01:27:05 ...make such a mistake?
01:31:47 It's a vision that has become my life.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed733
Dialogue density7.3 lines / min
First line00:02:12
Final line01:31:47

Production Record

DirectorDavid Cronenberg
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17,000,000
Revenue$1,499,795
IMDb votes11,271