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- Movie: The Butterfly
- Revised romanization: Nabi
- Hangul: 나비
- Director: Seung-wook Moon
- Writer: Seung-wook Moon
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: October 31, 2001
- Runtime: 112 min.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Synopsis
Set in the near future in Korea, a virus evolves which erases all memories. Anna (Kim Ho-jung) arrives from Germany along with some other tourists hoping the virus will help her forget her pain of loss. She meets with her guide, young teenage girl Yuki (Kang Hae-jung), and her driver, K (Hyun Sung Kim). The sci-fi premise is only to advance the story and provide the film with unforgettable images - caves with virus as butterflies, acid rains, pools of water... In fact, there are lots of images of water and fire, reminding of Tarkovsky. Like the cinema of Russian master, the story itself centers on people - their concerns, their loss, their happiness...
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