Hong Kong Synopsis
蝴蝶
Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.
Other Titles From Filmko Pictures
The 2003–2005 Hong Kong Window
Butterfly holds position #20 of 50 Hong Kong films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Hong Kong Landscape
2004 was the decade’s peak output year for Hong Kong — 20 titles released, including Butterfly. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (146 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Hong Kong films in 2004.
The 576th Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).
Audience Engagement
25 audience reviews — more than 50% of Hong Kong films in our index.
Review volume (50th percentile) outruns trending popularity (25th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #386 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Hong Kong Drama productions specifically: #155 of 311 (top 50%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Cantonese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese |
| Production Companies | Filmko Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 4m |
| Release Date | December 2, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0440939 |