Butterfly Kiss

"A story of love and redemption."

Apr 26 1996 Not Rated 1h 28m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Deeply mentally unbalanced drifter Eunice roams grim northern Britain committing psychosexual serial murders of both men and women while ostensibly searching for an unknown woman named Judith. She spares the life of lonely but kind-hearted gas station cashier Miriam, who abandons her dismal life to follow her damaged new lover. While attempting to hide the evidence of her multiple crimes, Miriam tries to understand Eunice's bizarre quest.

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. Miriam is very impressed by Eunice's fierceness and willfulness and follows her on the search for Judith. Shocked by Eunice's cruelty she tries to make her a better person, but she looses ground herself.

Written by

Frank Cottrell Boyce, Michael Winterbottom

Directed by

Michael Winterbottom

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Dan Films, British Screen Productions, Merseyside Film Production Fund

Languages

English

Awards

4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,244
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
61
Popularity
NA