Butterfly [videorecording] / Miramax Films ; una producción Sogetel [and others] ; guión, Rafael Azcona ; director, José Luis Cuerda

Uniform Title:: Lengua de las mariposas (Motion picture)
Additional Titles:: Also known by title: Butterfly tongues, Also known by title: Butterfly's tongue, and Also known by title: Lingua das bolboretas
Published:: Burbank, Calif : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2000]
Burbank, Calif : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Copyright Date:: ©1999
Physical Description:: 1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators:: Cuerda, José Luis, Azcona, Rafael, 1926-2008, Fernán Gómez, Fernando, Lozano Hernández, Manuel, Blanco, Uxía, Rivas, Manuel, 1957-, Miramax Films, Sogetel (Firm), Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

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Language Note:

Spanish or French language with yellow English subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Summary:

A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a wise teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world around him, amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War in Galicia.

Subject(s):

Rivas, Manuel, 1957-—Film adaptations
Boys—Spain—Drama
Children—Spain—Drama
Spain—Social life and customs—20th century—Drama
Spain—History—Civil War, 1936-1939—Drama
Galicia (Spain : Region)—Social life and customs—20th century—Drama

Genre(s):

ISBN:

0788826786

Audience Notes:

MPAA rating: R.

Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Based on the novel: Qué me quieres, amor? by Manuel Rivas.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director of photography, Javier Salmones ; editor, Nacho Ruíz Capillas ; music, Alejandro Amenábar.

Participant/Performer Note:

Fernando Fernán-Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco, Gonzalo Uriarte.

Technical Details:

DVD; Region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital.

Source of Acquisition:

Abington copy: Purchased with funds from the Abington Multicultural Climate Committee ; 20034.
Berks copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20078.
New Kensington copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2009.

Awards:

Goya Award, Best Screenplay Adaptation, 1999.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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