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M. Butterfly
1993
· Movie
· 101 min
C
MEANRANK
61/100
Every rating
36–72
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 36, highest is AlloCiné on 72. Critics average 40, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.
Details
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Writer
- David Henry Hwang
- Based on
- a work by David Henry Hwang
- Studio
- Geffen Pictures
- Released
- 1 October 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $17.0M
- Box office
- $1.5M
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