Mehdi Faghih and Rahim Jahani in Birth of a Butterfly (1997)

Birth of a Butterfly

19971h 50m
Drama
6.4 / 10(82)

Tensions abound in the relationships featured in the three episodes which make up the film - that between two young children and their stepfather, a cripple setting off alone on a pilgrimage without the company of his fellow villagers, and a teacher returning to his remote village and finding himself the subject of unrealistic expectations of the other villagers.

Runtime
1h 50m
Released
1997

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Release year: 1997

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Tensions abound in the relationships featured in the three episodes which make up the film - that between two young children and their stepfather, a cripple setting off alone on a pilgrimage without the company of his fellow villagers, and a teacher returning to his remote village and finding himself the subject of unrealistic expectations of the other villagers.

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