Purple Butterfly
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Purple Butterfly (Chinese: 紫蝴蝶; pinyin: Zǐ Húdié) is a 2003 Chinese film, directed by Lou Ye. It is Lou's third film after Weekend Lover and Suzhou River. It stars Chinese mainland actors, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye and Li Bingbing, as well as Japanese actor Tōru Nakamura. The film premiered on May 23, 2003, at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival,[1] and was given a limited release in New York City the following year on November 26, 2004.
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Purple Butterfly | |
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Directed by | Lou Ye |
Written by | Lou Ye |
Produced by | Lou Ye Wang Wei Zhu Yongde |
Starring | Zhang Ziyi Liu Ye Tōru Nakamura Li Bingbing |
Cinematography | Wang Yu |
Edited by | Lou Ye Che Xiaohong |
Music by | Jörg Lemberg |
Distributed by | Palm Pictures |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | China |
Languages | Mandarin Japanese |
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The film was only released in one theater in the United States (in New York City) for three weeks where it grossed $17,790.[2]