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How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet ?How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet ?How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet ?
- Awards
- 3 wins total
Lily Boulogne
- Luc's Mother
- (as Lili Boulogne)
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- TriviaThe original French title translates as "the flapping of a butterfly's wings". In Hong Kong it was titled Amelie 2, to capitalise on the success of Audrey Tautou's breakout movie Amélie (2001). Although Happenstance (2000) predates Amelie by a year, the two were released in reverse order in most non-French markets.
- GoofsWhen the old lady takes the faulty coffee machine back to the store it is seen in a Phillips box, when she arrives back home with the same faulty machine it is in a Moulinex box.
- ConnectionsReferences Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Featured review
Films that crisscross different stories are no novelty (Short Cuts, Magnolia, Iossellani's "Favoris de la lune"...) but few of them have dared go as far as "Le battement d'ailes...". It would take a good deal of thinking and remembering to tell just HOW MANY stories are embedded in this wonder. And it would be pointless because, precisely, the object of the film is to show that it is not possible to separate one individual story from another.
One day in the life of so many people, characters that can be in turn charming, infuriating, lovable... And, on top of that, you get the feeling the director really loves them all (or, at any rate, most of them because some are frankly off-putting. That's life, here, just for you, on the screen.
One day in the life of so many people, characters that can be in turn charming, infuriating, lovable... And, on top of that, you get the feeling the director really loves them all (or, at any rate, most of them because some are frankly off-putting. That's life, here, just for you, on the screen.
- eric.rambeau
- Jun 27, 2000
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- Also known as
- The Beating of a Butterfly's Wings
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $251,444
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,777
- Nov 4, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $251,444
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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