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Dominican Rep. Butterfly Tongues (La lengua de las mariposas)
- Original title
- La lengua de las mariposasaka
- AKA
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- Butterfly
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 97 min.
- Country
Spain- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Fernando Fernán Gómez
Manuel Lozano
Uxía Blanco
Gonzalo Uriarte
Jesús Castejón
Guillermo Toledo
Celso Bugallo
Tamar Novas- Elena Fernández
- Alexis de los Santos
- Tatán
Roberto Vidal Bolaño- Celso Parada
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | 1930s. Childhood. Education. Schools & University
- Synopsis
- For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older brother, a budding saxophone player, he makes a trip with the band from their town in Galicia. But it's also the year that the Spanish Republic comes under fire from Fascist rebels. Moncho's father is a Republican as is the aging teacher, Don Gregorio. As sides are drawn and power falls clearly to one side, the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal alter profoundly what should be the pleasure of coming of age.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1999: Goya Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay. 13 nominations1999: Forqué Awards: Nominated for Best Film1999: San Sebastian Film Festival: nominated to Best Picture - Golden Shell.2000: European Film Awards (EFA): nominated to Best Screenplay.2000: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Five Foreing Films.2000: Forqué Awards: nominated to Best Film (Live-Action or Animation).
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 10 My Favorite Movies from Spain (355)
- 60 Most Moving Movies (70)
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