Butterfly made its mark in Hong Kong as an art house film that made money as well as garnering award nominations. At almost two hours, it is very slow moving, with experimental use of the camera.

Flavia (Josie Ho) is a teacher with a husband and young daughter. She finds herself falling in love with the younger Yip (Tian Yuan), and the two share many an erotic scene. Flavia's husband (Eric Kot) tries to win her back, and as Flavia struggles with guilt, he is actually a very sympathetic character.

We also see home movie-style flashbacks to Flavia's first love, Jin (Stephanie Che), a teenage revolutionary in China (seen on the dvd cover). For me, the timeline was sometimes hard to follow between past, present and a subplot of another set of teenage girls who ditch school.

For those who like slow, smoldering romances, this might be the one for you, but not my cup of tea.