- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: es
- Country: Spain
- Director: José Luis Cuerda
- Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Manuel Lozano, Uxía Blanco, Gonzalo Uriarte, Alexis de los Santos
- keywords: friendship, communist, fascism, spanish civil war (1936-39), galicia, spain, atheist, coming of age, teacher, butterfly, 1930s
- Production_studio: TVG, Canal+ España, Las Producciones del Escorpión S.L., TVE, Grupo Voz, Sogetel
- Slogan: Stop and taste the world.
- The Butterfly is featured in the top rankings of 1999
- #26 in Top Drama Movies of 1999
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.