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Feature Narrative

Don’t Cry, Butterfly (Mưa trên cánh bướm)

Screenings
  • Closed captions online Closed Captioning
  • Open captions in-person Open Captions



A film still from Don’t Cry Butterfly shows two Asian people standing side by side looking up at presumably the ceiling of a home. The person on the right is folding a mop.

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Tam, a hardworking staff member at a wedding venue, finds out about her husband’s affair on live TV. Instead of confronting him, she seeks to win back his love with the help of a powerful spell master. Tam’s daughter Ha disapproves of her mother’s way of handling her father’s affair but has stopped trying to reason with her.

Thank you to our screening partners: Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation, KAREN Community Association of Philadelphia








Directors Spotlight



Dương Diệu Linh

Director

Dương Diệu Linh is a Vietnamese filmmaker who takes special interest in the unconventional depiction of sad, angsty and naggy middle-aged women. Her series of shorts have been competing and winning awards at prestigious film festivals around the world.







  • Year 2024
  • Runtime 97 minutes
  • Country Viet Nam, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia
  • Language Vietnamese
  • Director Dương Diệu Linh
  • Premiere Philadelphia





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