Hu Die (2004)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 124 minuten
Alternative title: Butterfly
Country:
Hong-Kong
Directed by: Heiward Mak
Stars: Josie Ho and Eric Kot
IMDb score:
6,7 (1.176)
Releasedate: 2 December 2004
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Hu Die plot
Flavia is 30, married and has a steady job. However, she is not happy, because the memory of a flirtation with a former classmate haunts her. Then she meets Yip, a singer who rekindles her lesbian character.
Actors and actresses
Flavia
Yip
Ming
Young Flavia
Jin
Young Jin
Flavia's father
Flavia's mother
Rosa
Samantha
Reviews & comments
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
After a chance meeting with an assertive singer, a teacher realizes that her lesbian nature has in fact never changed, despite marrying an understanding man and having a child. A dramatic incident involving two students from her class brings back to life the traumatic experience from her own teenage years with her lesbian best friend, which has never been completely repressed. Slowly but surely she realizes that she is faced with the same choice as then and that she should not make the mistake she made again.
The three main actors deliver excellent acting. Partly thanks to them, Yan Yan Mak has made a very beautiful, emotional and atmospheric film with long shots and subdued images (without explicit nudity) of the lovemaking scenes.
Nicely done, but can anyone tell me what the director's intention was to suddenly change image quality in the middle of scenes? The meaning of that escapes me.
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wibro
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- 11590 messages
- 4098 votes
A film about lesbian love. So I immediately thought of "La Vie d' Adèle" which I saw last week. Whether this film "Hu Die" can also measure up to that film? No, not in the slightest. In everything, "Hu Die" is inferior with the winner of the Palme d'Or. More like an Adèle 'Light'. What bothered me most were the repetitive free scenes, which were so prudish that you could hardly call them erotic. If nudity is taboo, don't show those scenes. This way the film just comes across as unbelievable. Pure passion must be shown openly. That's my opinion. So is this movie bad? No, visually it all looked nice and the ladies were quite friendly. The poetic ending of this film - that scene with the slippers - is even very beautiful.
3.0*
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Onderhond
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- 87592 messages
- 12835 votes
Remains beautiful.
But it won't surprise me if after a while I remember less and less about this film, because it is one of those. Everything is very neatly executed, but there is nothing that really makes it special or memorable, which means that the film sinks in fairly quickly after watching.
Except maybe the Mum soundtrack, but that's only because film is often a fairly old-fashioned medium. A glitchy electronic tune from 20 years ago is already quite something. Visually it is also well done and the actors do a very good job.
Furthermore, a neatly structured story, which perhaps drags on a little too long. But that's actually the only minor downside. Furthermore, a beautiful film to sink into. Not great cinema, but quality in all areas.
4.0* and a extensive review
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