Alas de mariposa (Butterfly Wings) (1991)
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88% of users liked it
(244 ratings)
The first half of this ponderous drama shows a six-year-old girl whose life is overshadowed by the impending birth of a baby boy, of whom she is intensely jealous. Some months after he is born, undetected, she quietly smothers him to death. In the second half, she is nineteen and wants to leave the… More The first half of this ponderous drama shows a six-year-old girl whose life is overshadowed by the impending birth of a baby boy, of whom she is intensely jealous. Some months after he is born, undetected, she quietly smothers him to death. In the second half, she is nineteen and wants to leave the bosom of her family but is financially unable to do so. In the final moments of the film, a melodramatic turn of events fuels a reconciliation between the disaffected young woman and her mother. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- Written By
- Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 18, 1991 Wide
- On DVD
- Aug 17, 1994
Critic Reviews
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Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope
Each reel of the film drips with more human misery than the first.
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Cast
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Silvia Munt
as Carmen
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Fernando Valverde
as Gabriel
