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Overview

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Laurent Firode (writer)
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Release Date:
21 June 2000 (France) more
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Merde happens. more
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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 ? full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins more
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Cast

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Audrey Tautou ... Irène
Faudel ... Younès
Eric Savin ... Richard
Nathalie Besançon ... Marie
Lysiane Meis ... Elsa
Irène Ismaïloff ... Stéphanie
Eric Feldman ... Luc
Frédéric Bouraly ... Bobby
Franck Bussi ... The Waiter from the Philosophic Cafe
Marina Tomé ... Julie
Félicité Wouassi ... The Vigilant
Antoine Coesens ... The Clochard
Saïd Serrari ... The Pickpocket
Lily Boulogne ... Luc's Mother (as Lili Boulogne)
Gilbert Robin ... The Destiny Man
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Also Known As:
Happenstance (UK) (USA)
Amelie 2 (Hong Kong: English title) (DVD title)
The Beating of a Butterfly's Wings (International: English title) (alternative transliteration)
The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings (International: English title)
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90 min | Canada:97 min (DVD version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Irène: Excuse me...
Waiter: Sorry, I didn't see you.
Irène: I'm the one who's sorry. I'm transparent.
Waiter: What'll it be?
Irène: Coffee.
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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
a clever scenario is not just a clever scenario, 28 June 2000
Author: eric.rambeau from tours, france

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.

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