One of those rare films that works beautifully on two levels at once, Butterfly is two very different coming-of-age stories told as one: a young boy discovering the wonders of the world, and a nation teetering on the brink of drastic political change. It opens today at the Princess II.

Based on a portion of Manuel Riva's novel Que Me Quieres, Amor and directed by Jose Luis Cuerda, Butterfly is set in a village in Spain's Galicia region on the cusp of the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s, pitting the Republicans against the Fascists.
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Butterfly is a haunting Spanish family drama set in a tiny village in Republican Spain in 1936, immediately before the Spanish Civil War set the country on the path to fascism.

Playing here in Spanish with English subtitles, this elegant if modest film delicately explores the bond between a marvelous teacher and one of his prized pupils.
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