Madame Butterfly (1954)
- Original title
- Madama Butterfly
- Directed by
- Carmine Gallone
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Japanese woman marries an American naval officer who then abandons her. She waits faithfully for his return, raising their son alone.
operatictragicromanticmelancholicpoignantvisually lushslow-burnculturally layered
What happens
Madame Butterfly (Italian: Madama Butterfly) is a 1954 musical film directed by Carmine Gallone, based on the 1904 opera Madama Butterfly with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It stars Kaoru Yachigusa, Nicola Filacuridi, and Michiko Tanaka, with their singing voices dubbed by professional opera singers. The film was an international co-production between Italian producer Angelo Rizzoli and Japanese studio Toho. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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