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Don't Cry Butterfly

Dir. Duong Dieu Linh
Constellation
Sat 2 Nov - Thu 7 Nov
Sat 2 Nov
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Thu 7 Nov
  • Sat 2 Nov
    11:15 - 12:52
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event
  • Mon 4 Nov
    13:45 - 15:22
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event
  • Thu 7 Nov
    18:45 - 20:22
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event

A betrayed wife incurs the wrath of a spirit after using spells to influence her cheating husband in this award-winning debut from Vietnam.

In the early 2000s in a town near Hanoi in Vietnam, Tam, a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his love. Tam’s daughter, Ha, pours her frustration into vivid fantasies of a brighter future abroad. Meanwhile, a mysterious House Spirit, visible only to the women, lurks beneath their cracked, leaky ceiling. Winner of the Grand Prize at Venice Critics Week in September, Dương Diệu Linh’s offbeat feature debut freshly explores modern Vietnamese society in wry and magical ways.

“Vietnamese director Dương Diệu Lính’s debut is a magic elixir of maternal angst, filial rebellion and creature-feature horror.” – David Katz, Cineuropa

Content Guidance


Contains flashing images, nudity, depiction of suicide.

Don't Cry Butterfly

Director: Duong Dieu Linh
Running time: 97 minutes
Production year: 2024
Country: Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines
Language: Vietnamese
Subtitles: English subtitles
Print source: Barunson
Cast: Nguyen Nam Linh, Bui Thac Phong

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Constellation

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