The Cry of the Butterfly (1999)
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 GroßvaterRecommendations
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