The Butterfly’s Dream

Year: 1994

Runtime: 111 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Marco Bellocchio

DramaRomance

A drama uses abstract‑psychology imagery to probe why actor Massimo has sworn to silence. He only speaks stage lines; his father, a literature professor, reads it as a broken romance, while his mother’s partner sees rebellion. A director commissions his mother to write a play about him; he performs, then returns to silence after the show.

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