The Cry of the Butterfly (1999)

10.0/10 • 106 min • Drama

Overview

Seventeen-year-old Paulina, who lives with her beloved grandfather and sings in a hip-hop band, is fighting leukaemia in hospital. There she meets Pablo — alcoholic mother, absent father — a boy who has just attempted suicide. Against the odds, the two fall in love. A 1999 German television film directed by Frank Strecker, starring Marie Zielcke, Marek Harloff, Hannelore Elsner and Dietmar Schönherr; Paul Vincent and Sema Mutlu’s score won the 1999 German Television Award.

Cast

Hannelore Elsner

Susanne Thies

Marek Harloff

Pablo

Ralf Richter

Tom

Isabell Hindersin

Andrea

Daniela Preuss

Marie Zielcke

Paulina

Dietmar Schönherr

Paulinas Großvater

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