Madame Butterfly
Synopsis
Nagasaki, 1904 : Admiral Pinkerton seduces the geisha Butterfly. He marries her but stops loving her and deserts her. She still loves Pinkerton and kills herself... "I'am Madame Butterfly ! How many people who have seen Puccini's opera over the last hundred years have thought just that ? The emotion aroused by the misfortunes of the young Ciociosan reminds us of the regrets of our first love and its betrayal."
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Idéale Audience, Erato Films
- Co-productions : Imalyre, France 3 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Idéale Audience International
- French distribution : Les Films du Losange
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Pierre-Olivier Bardet
- Adaptation : Frédéric Mitterrand
- Director of Photography : Philippe Welt
- Music Composer : Giacomo Puccini
- Assistant Director : Michel Debats
- Editor : Luc Barnier
- Sound Recordist : Guy Level
- Costume designer : Christian Gasc
- Author of original work : Giacomo Puccini
- Camera Operator : Pascal Gennesseaux
- Press Attaché (film) : Régine Vial
- Production Designer : Michèle Abbé
- Sound Mixer : William Flageollet
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Film musical
- Production language : Italian, French
- Coproducer countries : France, Great Britain, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France, Great Britain, Germany)
- Production year : 1995
- French release : 22/11/1995
- Runtime : 2 h 15 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 84.639
- Visa issue date : 02/11/1995
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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News & awards
Selections (2)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1996
Best Production Design : Michèle Abbé
Best Costume Design : Christian Gasc
Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1996
César Award for Best Costume Design : Christian Gasc
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About
"Filming "Madame Butterfly" is an act of faith. One must believe in the story with a childlike sincerity in order to emphasize its truth and ignore the criticism and derision of those forceful individuals who denounce its romantic pathos and fin-de-siècle melodrama. One must ignore the controversy concerning "filmed opera", and protect oneself from the quicksand of musical erudition with its clans of inflexible experts. One must revere music and opera as religious values within oneself, and one must not hesitate to place the emphasis on cinematic expression ; the actors must touch, love and behave as if the music didn't exist and both the shots and the camera movements have the task of providing images for the opera score."
(Frédéric Mitterrand)
