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{{short description|1991 Spanish film by Juanma Bajo Ulloa}}
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'''''Butterfly Wings''''' ({{lang-es|'''Alas de mariposa'''|link=no}}) is a 1991 Spanish drama film directed by [[Juanma Bajo Ulloa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spanishfilmreviewclub.com/2013/08/14/alas-de-mariposa-butterfly-wings-1991 |title=Alas de Mariposa (Butterfly Wings, 1991) |publisher=Spanish Film Review Club |accessdate=2018-03-28 }}</ref>

'''''Alas de mariposa''''' is a [[1991 in film|1991]] [[Spain|Spanish]] [[film]] written and directed by [[Juanma Bajo Ulloa]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
A poor couple wants to have a boy but instead they get a girl. A boy is born afterwards but something terrible happens, which ruins the relationship between mother and daughter.
A poor couple wants to have a boy but instead they get a girl, Ami. A male son is born afterwards but Ami kills the newborn, straining the relationship between mother and daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a1208/alas-de-mariposa/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|date=29 May 2008|title=Alas de mariposa}}</ref>


==Notes ==
== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
{{reflist}}
* [[Sílvia Munt]] as Carmen<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://ebuah.uah.es/dspace/bitstream/handle/10017/10409/alas_recio_PIB_2004.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|first=David|last=Recio Gil|title=Alas mariposa, de Juanma Bajo Ulloa|pages=122|journal=Pliegos de la Insula Barataria: Revista de Creación Literaria y de Filología|issn=1134-0193|issue=7|year=2004}}</ref>
* [[Tito Valverde]] as Gabriel{{Sfn|Recio Gil|2004|p=122}}
* Susana García Díez as Ami<ref name="ek">{{Cite web|url=https://www.euskalkultura.eus/espanol/noticias/secretos-del-corazon-inaugura-manana-un-seminario-de-cine-vasco-en-el-congreso-de-la-nacion-argentina|website=Euskal Kultura|title='Secretos del corazón' inaugura mañana un Seminario de Cine Vasco en el Congreso de la Nación Argentina|date=10 September 2012}}</ref>
* Laura Vaquero as Ami niña<ref name="ek" />
* {{Interlanguage link|Txema Blasco|es}} as Alejandro{{Sfn|Recio Gil|2004|p=123}}
* Alberto Martín as Gorka{{Sfn|Recio Gil|2004|p=124}}
}}

== Release ==
The film screened at the 39th [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]] in September 1991. It was released theatrically on 18 October 1991.{{Sfn|Recio Gil|2004|p=121}}

== Accolades ==
{{Awards table|5}}
|-
| {{center|1991}} || 39th [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]] || colspan = "2" | [[Golden Shell]] || {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web|date=29 September 1991|first=Casimiro|last=Torreiro|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1991/09/29/cultura/686095209_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|title=El filme español 'Alas de mariposa', del debutante Juanma Bajo Ulloa, gana la Concha de Oro}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan = "3" | {{center|1992}} || rowspan = "3" | [[6th Goya Awards]] || [[Goya Award for Best New Director|Best New Director]] || Juanma Bajo Ulloa || {{won}} || rowspan = "3" | <ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.accioncultural.es/virtuales/premiosgoya/pdf/catalogo_expo_Goya_1987_2013.pdf|title=Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya|isbn=978-84-9785-791-8|year=2011|publisher=Lunwerg|pages=274}}</ref>
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] || Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Eduardo Bajo Ulloa || {{won}}
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || Sílvia Munt || {{won}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Spanish films of 1991]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0101290}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|butterfly_wings}}


{{CinemaofSpain}}
{{Golden Shell}}


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Latest revision as of 21:04, 2 February 2024

Butterfly Wings
SpanishAlas de mariposa
Directed byJuanma Bajo Ulloa
Written by
  • Juanma Bajo Ulloa
  • Eduardo Bajo Ulloa
Starring
Cinematography
  • Aitor Mantxola
  • Enric Daví
Edited byPablo Blanco
Music byBingen Mendizábal
Release dates
  • September 1991 (1991-09) (Zinemaldia)
  • 18 October 1991 (1991-10-18) (Spain)
Running time
1h 48min
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Butterfly Wings (Spanish: Alas de mariposa) is a 1991 Spanish drama film directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa.[1]

Plot[edit]

A poor couple wants to have a boy but instead they get a girl, Ami. A male son is born afterwards but Ami kills the newborn, straining the relationship between mother and daughter.[2]

Cast[edit]

Release[edit]

The film screened at the 39th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1991. It was released theatrically on 18 October 1991.[8]

Accolades[edit]

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1991
39th San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Shell Won [9]
1992
6th Goya Awards Best New Director Juanma Bajo Ulloa Won [10]
Best Original Screenplay Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Eduardo Bajo Ulloa Won
Best Actress Sílvia Munt Won

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alas de Mariposa (Butterfly Wings, 1991)". Spanish Film Review Club. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. ^ "Alas de mariposa". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. ^ Recio Gil, David (2004). "Alas mariposa, de Juanma Bajo Ulloa" (PDF). Pliegos de la Insula Barataria: Revista de Creación Literaria y de Filología (7): 122. ISSN 1134-0193.
  4. ^ Recio Gil 2004, p. 122.
  5. ^ a b "'Secretos del corazón' inaugura mañana un Seminario de Cine Vasco en el Congreso de la Nación Argentina". Euskal Kultura. 10 September 2012.
  6. ^ Recio Gil 2004, p. 123.
  7. ^ Recio Gil 2004, p. 124.
  8. ^ Recio Gil 2004, p. 121.
  9. ^ Torreiro, Casimiro (29 September 1991). "El filme español 'Alas de mariposa', del debutante Juanma Bajo Ulloa, gana la Concha de Oro". El País.
  10. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 274, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8

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