Butterfly Man
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Directed by | |
Written by | |
Produced by | Tom Waller |
Starring | Stuart Laing Napakpapha Nakprasitte |
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Edited by | William Watts |
Music by | |
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Distributed by | GMM Pictures |
Release date | 6 December 2002 (Thailand) |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Thailand/UK |
Language | English |
Butterfly Man (Thai: ผีเสื้อร้อนรัก) is a 2002 Thai-British adventure-romantic drama film directed and written by and starring Stuart Laing and Napakpapha Nakprasitte.[1]
Plot[]
Adam, an English backpacker, breaks up with his girlfriend immediately after arriving with her in Thailand. He then strikes out on his own, leaving Bangkok for Ko Samui. There, he meets Em, a young masseuse. At first, their relationship is innocent, but Adam soon grows frustrated and starts hitting the bars and becoming a sex tourist, or "butterfly man", flirting from woman to woman. Meanwhile, the ugly side of Samui starts to reveal itself, with a human trafficking, slavery, and prostitution ring, run by British mafia exposed. Adam gets in trouble with the British mafia. Em helps him get away, so the British mafia beats her severely. Adam manages to escape via small boat, taking Em with him. They get married on the boat but then Em dies. He keeps his promise to take her body to her home village and ends up staying in Thailand.
Cast[]
- Stuart Laing as Adam
- Napakpapha Nakprasitte as Em
- Francis Magee as Joey
- as Michael
- Gavan O'Herlihy as Bill Kincaid
- Abigail Good as No Name
- as Noi
- Kirsty Mitchell as Kate
References[]
- ^ Smith, Neil (20 November 2002). "Butterfly Man (2002)". BBC.
External links[]
- English-language films
- 2002 films
- Thai films
- British romantic drama films
- British films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2002 romantic drama films
- Films about interracial romance
- Thai romantic drama films
- Thai film stubs
- 2000s romantic drama film stubs