Madame Butterfly (1995 film)
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| Directed by | Frédéric Mitterrand |
| Written by | Frédéric Mitterrand Libretto: Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa |
| Based on | Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini Luigi Illica Giuseppe Giacosa |
| Produced by | Daniel Toscan du Plantier Pierre-Olivier Bardet |
| Starring | Ying Huang Richard Troxell |
| Cinematography | Philippe Welt |
| Edited by | Luc Barnier |
| Music by | Giacomo Puccini |
Production companies | Erato Films Idéale Audience France 3 Cinéma Sony Classical Canal+ BBC ZDF S4C France Télécom Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée |
| Distributed by | Les Films du Losange (France) Blue Dolphin Films (United Kingdom) Sony Pictures Classics (through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International, Germany and Austria) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | France United Kingdom Germany |
| Language | Italian |
Madame Butterfly is a 1995 musical film written and directed by Frédéric Mitterrand and produced by Daniel Toscan du Plantier and Pierre-Olivier Bardet. It is based on the opera Madama Butterfly with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Soprano Ying Huang, tenor Richard Troxell, mezzo-soprano Ning Liang, and bass-baritone Richard Cowan star in the film, in addition to singing their roles. The score was adapted, arranged, and conducted by James Conlon.
The film was an international co-production, with the involvement of France 3, Canal+, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Sianel Pedwar Cymru, France Telecom, and Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.
The film was released by Les Films du Losange in France on 22 November 1995 and by Sony Pictures Classics in the United States on 23 May 1996. It received positive reviews, and won the César Award for Best Production Design.