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Float Like a Butterfly

Play trailer Poster for Float Like a Butterfly 2018,  1h 41m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 69% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 16 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Frances loves to box and is determined to make her ex-convict father proud, but she soon comes to realize he's got other plans for her.

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Donald Clarke Irish Times Nov 5, 2018
An impressively passionate recreation of a now-distant era. Above all it is a triumph for Doupe, who scraps and bawls and triumphs like a star from the golden age. Go to Full Review
Wendy Ide Screen International Oct 9, 2018
A gloriously unruly collision of vivid romanticism and tough, unsentimental truths about the hardscrabble lives and casual discrimination faced by Irish travellers. Go to Full Review
Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter Sep 19, 2018
Strongly evokes a rural world stuck mid-way between restrictive age-old traditions and budding modern tendencies. Go to Full Review
Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) Jul 14, 2024
4/5
The murky cinematography adds to the prejudiced world the characters occupy, while bright colours offer specs of hope, and the classical Irish soundtrack celebrates both uniqueness and ancestry. Go to Full Review
Andrew Kendall Stabroek News May 21, 2019
It is a thoughtful assessment of gender relations, coming of age and a search for identity. Go to Full Review
Roe McDermott Hot Press May 10, 2019
3.5/5
Touching on themes of classism, racism and sexism, Float Like A Butterfly shows the multiple, interconnecting ways that bigotry can box people in, leaving them no choice but to fight their way out. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Carmel Winters

Director

Hazel Doupe

Frances

Dara Devaney

Michael

Johnny Collins

Patrick

Hilda Fay

Granny Flynn

Jamie Kierans

Eamann

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Float Like a Butterfly

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Movie Info

Synopsis Frances loves to box and is determined to make her ex-convict father proud, but she soon comes to realize he's got other plans for her.
Director
Carmel Winters
Producer
David Collins, Martina Niland
Screenwriter
Carmel Winters
Production Co
Samson Films, Port Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 14, 2020
Runtime
1h 41m
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