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Quick Info

Rating

6.6/10

Release1993

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

Budget$17,000,000

Revenue$1,499,795

Production

Geffen Pictures

Movie

M. Butterfly

1993

1h 41m

6.6

Romance

Drama

Synopsis

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

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