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The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings (2000) | User Rating
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Original title: Battement d'ailes du papillon, Le
Release Date
• USA: Dec 21, 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 23, 2002
Official Website:
The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings Website
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Country France
Studio Canal Plus, Films des Tournelles, Films en Hiver, Gimages
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Other Titles
• The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings
• Le Battement d'ailes du papillon
• Happenstance (2001)
• Amelie 2 (2003)
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Genre: Comedy, Experimental, Urban
Tagline: Chance, chaos, destiny, fusion, liaisons.
Plot: French director Laurent Firode presents this filmic oddity, which explores the idea--and the effects--of chaos theory over the course of one day in Paris. The concept, as treated in the film, is best explained by an aging drifter who walks through a Parisian park saying that sometimes the most random, stupid act can alter the course of the world. He goes on to say that something as minor as the batting of a butterfly's wings over the Atlantic can cause a hurricane over the Pacific. (This is an explanation of the French title, which translates to "The Batting of the Wings of a Butterfly.") In short, all things are intrinsically connected. And in this film, the tiniest action performed by one character triggers a series of events that eventually impact another character. There is a broad cross-section of over 20 extremely quirky characters in the film, all of whom are deeply superstitious and believe strongly in fate, which enhances the comedy, suprise, and strangeness of each new scenario. Granny gives Luc some fresh-baked macaroons, and tells him not to tell his mother. He tells his mother, who steals the tin, tastes a cookie, and throws it out the window. A pigeon eats it, then flies across the city and poops directly onto a photograph taken by some Russian tourists, who go
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Audrey Tautou
Amelie from Montmartre, The Da Vinci Code, A Very Long Engagement |
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He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not, Secret Agents, Almost Nothing | | Lysiane Meis
Quartier V.I.P., Pomme de Newton, La, Dernier voyage, Le | | | |
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Peter Chase
The Apartment, Mina Tannenbaum, Fantômes de Louba, Les |
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