M. Butterfly (1993)

Directors

David Cronenberg

Cast

Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon, Vernon Dobtcheff, Shizuko Hoshi

The story

In 1964, René Gallimard is an accountant assigned to the French Embassy in Beijing, where he is accompanied by his wife. With Frau Baden, an embassy wife, he attends a performance of excerpts from Madama Butterfly, and is captivated by the performance of the singer, Song Liling, despite being unacquainted with the opera. After the performance, he speaks with Song, who pointedly critiques René's romantic attachment to the opera's orientalist themes and implores him to "continue his education" at a performance of Peking Opera, which is Song's specialty.

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