The Butterfly Room
| The Butterfly Room | |
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| Directed by | Jonathan Zarantonello |
| Starring |
Barbara Steele Ray Wise Erica Leerhsen Heather Langenkamp |
| Music by | Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,081[1] |
The Butterfly Room is a 2012 American-Italian thriller-horror film directed by Jonathan Zarantonello. It is based on Zarantonello's novel Alice dalle 4 alle 5 (Alice from 4 to 5).[2] The film won the Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award at the 2012 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival.[3]
Plot
Ann, a reclusive elegant lady, with an obsession for butterflies, is surprisingly befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence, Alice establishes a disturbing mother daughter relationship with Ann. Lured into her twisted world, Ann soon discovers that she is not the only recipient of the girl's affections.
Confronted by Alice's other lady friends, Ann's shock awakens a dark, hidden past, unchaining a spiral of madness: a series of brutal and bizarre crimes that Ann will have to commit to preserve her harmless and deceptive appearances. The only one who recognizes there's something unsettling about Ann, is nine-year-old Julie, her next door neighbor's daughter.
With the inevitable curiosity of a child, Julie begins to explore the corners of Ann's apartment, discovering a dark secret hidden in the walls of the forbidden butterfly room.
No one believes what she's seen except for Ann's estranged daughter Dorothy. Horrified, she realizes that the fate of the young girl lies in her hands. To save both Julie, and herself, she must summon up the courage to confront an evil that has haunted her for years.
Cast
- Barbara Steele: Ann
- Ray Wise: Nick
- Erica Leerhsen: Claudia
- Camille Keaton: Olga
- Adrienne King: Rachel
- P. J. Soles: Lauren
- Heather Langenkamp: Dorothy
- Ellery Sprayberry: Julie
- Julia Putnam: Alice
- James Karen: Sales Clerk
- Jasmine Jessica Anthony: Dorothy as a child
References
- ↑ "The Butterfly Room Box Office". http://boxofficemojo.com''. http://boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ Giovanna Grassi (8 June 2013). "Barbara Steele, ritorno sul set: diva dark anche per Gosling". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ↑ Simone Pinchiorri (15 July 2012). ""The Butterfly Room" premiato in Svizzera". Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 17 October 2013.