I remember, I saw this one when it came out and I was just blown away. I mean, I had absolutely never seen something similar. It was the 1st movie directed by Michael Winterbottom and I have been following his career ever since. As a matter of fact, he has became of the most profilic directors making at least one movie every year. Anyway, it is one of my favorite movies and definitely one of the m... read more
"Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Amanda Plummer
Plot: Eunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. She is searching for Judith, the woman, she says to be in love with. It's bad luck for the women at the cash desk not to be Judith, because Eunice is eccentric, angry and extreme dangerous. One day she meets Miriam, hard of hearing and a little ingenuous, who feels sympathy for Eunice and takes her home.
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What is it about?
Eunice is walking along the highways of northern England from one filling station to another. One day she meets Miriam, hard of hearing and a little ingenuous, who feels sympathy for Eunice and takes her home."
“I remember, I saw this one when it came out and I was just blown away. I mean, I had absolutely never seen something similar. It was the 1st movie directed by Michael Winterbottom and I have been following his career ever since. As a matter of fact, he has became of the most profilic directors making at least one movie every year. Anyway, it is one of my favorite movies and definitely one of the most disturbing I have ever seen (and I have seen some weird sh*t...). It is really difficult to describe the plot but the main character was played by Amanda Plummer, in her best performance ever, and she was just electrifying to watch. So, the plot is not really important as the main focus on those women who wander through life like two lost souls. Even though it is an acquited taste as it is ve” read more
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Roger Ebert's comment :
" 'I've looked all up and down these roads for someone to love me,' says Eunice, the tortured murderess and pilgrim whose story is told in 'Butterfly Kiss'. Later she observes, 'punishment is all I understand.' She is a gaunt, angry woman who stalks the roadsides of Britain, bursting into petrol stations to ask the women behind the counter, 'Are you Judith?' Then she kills them.
But she doesn't kill Miriam, the slow-witted, hard-of-hearing clerk who sees Eunice "
johanlefourbe added this to a list 2 years, 9 months ago
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Note : It is the 1st movie directed by Michael Winterbottom . Anyway, it is one of my favorite movies and one of the most disturbing I have ever seen (and I have seen some weird sh*t...). I can't really describe the plot but the main character is played by Amanda Plummer, in her best part ever."