Madame Butterfly (1995)
Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese geisha, seeks to fulfill her dreams through marriage to an American naval officer. Her faith in their future is shattered by his empty vows and the loss she endures touches something deep within us all.
- Date of release
- 1995-11-22
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Genres
- Music
- Director
- Frédéric Mitterrand
Casting
- Ying Huang — Cio-Cio-San
- Richard Troxell — Lt. Benjamin F. Pinkerton
- Yoshi Oida — Butterfly's Father
- Ning Liang — Suzuki
- Richard Cowan — Sharpless
- Jing Ma Fan — Goro
- Constance Hauman — Kate Pinkerton
- Christopheren Nomura — Prince Yamadori
- Kusukabe Yo — Uncle Bonze
- Kamel Touati — Uncle Yakuside
- Miki-Lou Pinard — The Child
- Qing Wu — Imperial Commissary
Interesting facts
Madame Butterfly is a 1995 musical film, based on the 1904 opera Madama Butterfly with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is written and directed by Frédéric Mitterrand, and produced by Daniel Toscan du Plantier and Pierre-Olivier Bardet. The cast features soprano Huang Ying as Cio-Cio-san, tenor Richard Troxell as Pinkerton, mezzo-soprano Ning Liang as Suzuki, and bass-baritone Richard Cowan as Sharpless. The score was adapted, arranged, and conducted by James Conlon.
Production
As filming in Japan proved prohibitively expensive, the film was shot in Tunisia, on Lake Ichkeul and in Bizerte.
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