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Butterfly Kiss
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Butterfly Kiss

1995-07-06 · 88 min · ★ 6.4

Crime · Drama · Romance · Thriller

Deeply mentally unbalanced drifter Eunice roams grim northern Britain committing psychosexual serial murders of both men and women while ostensibly searching for an unknown woman named Judith. She spares the life of lonely but kind-hearted gas station cashier Miriam, who abandons her dismal life to follow her damaged new lover. While attempting to hide the evidence of her multiple crimes, Miriam tries to understand Eunice's bizarre quest.

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Directors
Michael Winterbottom
Production companies
Merseyside Film Production Fund, British Screen Productions, Dan Films
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Amanda PlummerAmanda PlummerEunice
Saskia ReevesSaskia ReevesMiriam
Kathy JamiesonWendy
Des McAleerDes McAleerEric McDermott
Lisa RileyLisa RileyDanielle
Freda DowieFreda DowieElsie
Paula TilbrookElla
Fine Time FontayneFine Time FontayneTony
Elizabeth McGrathWaitress
Joanne CookAngela
Paul BownPaul BownGary
Emily AstonEmily AstonKatie
Ricky TomlinsonRicky TomlinsonRobert
Katy MurphyKaty MurphyJudith

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