Overview
The film centres on Moncho and his coming-of-age experience in Galicia in 1936. Moncho develops a close relationship with his teacher Don Gregorio who introduces the boy to different things in the world. While the story centres on Moncho's ordinary coming-of-age experiences, tensions related to the looming Spanish Civil War periodically interrupt Moncho's personal growth and daily life.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (2000)
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Box office
Grossed $7.74M worldwide, about 2.6 times its $3M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pontevedra and Allariz
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Setting
Set in Spain
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Music
Music by Alejandro Amenábar
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Manuel RivasNovel
- Rafael AzconaScreenplay
- José Luis CuerdaScreenplay
- Original title
- La lengua de las mariposas
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 24, 1999
- Original language
- Spanish
- Budget
- $3M
- Revenue
- $7.7M
- Countries
- Spain
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In the United States
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Cast
Fernando Fernán GómezDon Gregorio
Manuel LozanoMoncho
Uxía BlancoRosa
Gonzalo UriarteRamón- Alexis de los SantosAndrés
Jesús CastejónDon Avelino
Guillermo ToledoO'lis
Elena BaguttaCarmiña
Tamar NovasRoque- Lara LópezAurora
TatánRoque Padre- Roberto Vidal BolañoBoal
- Celso ParadaMacias
Celso BugalloCura- Antonio LagaresAlcalde
- Alberto CastroJose Maria
- Milagros JiménezNena
- Diego VidalRomualdo
- Xosé Manuel OlveiraAccordeon
- Manuel PiñeiroTrumpet
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