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Butterfly's Tongue

Director: Jose Luis Cuerda

Actors: Fernando Fernan Gomez, Manuel Lozano

Release Date: Monday 30th November -0001

Running time: 95 minutes

Set in the months before the Spanish Civil War, Butterfly's Tongue follows the fortunes of a small community as they slowly realise that the impeding conflict will irrevocably alter their lives forever. A wonderful mediation on life and death without resorting to twee melodrama, Butterfly's Tongue is an evocative movie that shines.