MFA Students Pick Some Films for Us to Watch
Directed by David Cronenberg
With Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa
Rated R, 100 minutes, Blu-ray
With a scheduled introduction by Rina Shamilov.
First, a Tony-winning play of the same name and here adapted by David Cronenberg playing against type, M. Butterfly follows the relationship between René Gallimard (Jeremy Irons) and Song Liling (John Lone), who are a French diplomat and a Peking opera performer, respectively. After an intense courtship and affair, the two maintain a relationship for decades while Liling holds secrets while sharing some of Gallimard's.