ummm couldnt sit and watch it... slow and boring. there was some bits of action, but i had no clue what the story line was about!
Bingbing Li,
Feng Yuangzheng,
Kin Ei,
Li Bingbing,
Tôru Nakamura
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In Manchuria, Itami (Toru Nakamura), who's Japanese, falls in love with Cynthia (Ziyi Zhang), a beautiful Chinese girl, but dangerous politics threaten to keep the lovers apart. Their happiness ends w...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 15, 2005
Stats: 66 reviews
Flixster Reviews (66)
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September 9, 2009
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July 3, 2009
Original title "Zi hudie"; Nominated, Golden Palm, 2003 Cannes Film Festival
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September 25, 2008
Purple Butterfly is quite an interesting watch. It isn't interesting in the way where the story just knocks your socks off or where the film just spans many genres. This is a straight up Chinese gangster drama with a different way of telling the story.
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August 26, 2008
this movie is really really slow...and its practically a silent movie, you have to interpret everything, they barely speak.
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January 16, 2008
Muito bom filme...
Ponto + = Atuação de Ziyi Zhang e o diretor foi fiel aos personagens.
Ponto - = As cenas poderiam fluir melhor....o fundo histórico poderia ser melhor trabalhado. -
August 7, 2007
a bit hard to follow the first time watching it since there is a constant change in the film, but it is a very good film.
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