Green Butterflies (2017)
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- Synopsis:
- Mateo (Deivi Duarte) is an intelligent boy who studies in a high school, and his life gives a scramble when he meets Daniel (Kevin Bury), a boy with preferences to the men, by which falls in love with Mateo, but when its companions, and the director Reveal Mateo relationship with Daniel, Mateo is suspended, and finds himself at a crossroads, deciding between fighting his adversities or giving up everything, until his life.
- Actors:
- Brisa Botero, Julio Bracho, Kevin Bury, Diana Caicedo, Linda Lucía Callejas, Paola Cano, Andres Cardona, Maria Helena Doering, Deivi Duarte, Jesús Durán, Anderson Escalante, Juan Pablo Gamboa, Edinson Gil, Edward González, Camila Jiménez, Andrés Lobatón, Consuelo Luzardo, Karen Novoa, Victoria Ortiz, Angelica Prieto
- Directors:
- Gustavo Nieto Roa
- Producers:
- Gustavo Nieto Roa
- Writers:
- Katalina Boham, Gustavo Nieto Roa, Mauricio Pichardo
- Aka:
- Mariposas Verdes
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Romance
- Countries:
- Colombia
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Reviews (1) of Green Butterflies
Excellent narrative, let down by poor acting and filming - Green Butterflies review by TB
It’s a real shame that this film tackled all of the right and most relevant topics for young people in today’s society but missed a trick by delivering it with a real lack of quality, drive and focus. This was mainly caused by weak acting and filming and was like watching an Australian soap opera; which isn’t a good thing.
To be fair to Deivi Duarte though, he did put in the best performance as Mateo but those around him fell well short of what was required and what would’ve made this a very solid and very good film.
It ticked all the boxes in tackling bullying, homophobia, human rights, oppression, rape, spiking and suicide. It also highlighted the problems caused by people taking no responsibly for their actions and the devastating affects as seen in this films conclusion.
Apparently it’s based on a true story but I really hope to god there aren’t any head teachers out there like the one portrayed in this film!
Great plot and themes but really missed a trick.