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Butterfly Kiss (1995)

Directed by Michael Winterbottom · Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey

88 min57 frames

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A story of love and redemption.

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Stills, screencaps & shots from Butterfly Kiss

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Butterfly Kiss — official trailer

What is Butterfly Kiss about?

Deeply mentally unbalanced drifter Eunice roams grim northern Britain committing psychosexual serial murders of both men and women while ostensibly searching for an unknown woman named Judith. She spares the life of lonely but kind-hearted gas station cashier Miriam, who abandons her dismal life to follow her damaged new lover. While attempting to hide the evidence of her multiple crimes, Miriam tries to understand Eunice's bizarre quest.

Where can you watch Butterfly Kiss?

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What does the cinematography of Butterfly Kiss look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of Butterfly Kiss leans on wide compositions (39% of the sample) and medium shots (26%). Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey keeps 68% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 63% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Butterfly Kiss?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Butterfly Kiss (1995) are #51514a, #30312e, #8d908b, #d2d0c8, #b0b0ac, #0b0e0e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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