Read all For Moncho, it's an idyllic year: he starts school, he has a wonderful teacher, he makes a friend in Roque, he begins to figure out some of the mysteries of Eros, and, with his older brother, a budding saxophone player, he makes a trip with the band from their town in Galicia. But it's also the year that the Spanish Republic comes under fire from Fascist rebels. Read all. Sign In. Original title: La lengua de las mariposas. Play trailer Drama War.
See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Photos Top cast Edit. Manuel Lozano Moncho as Moncho. Avelino as D. Tamar Novas Roque as Roque. Nominations Features Documentaries. Butterfly's Tongue. La Lengua de las Mariposas Spain Synopsis In a small rural Spanish village, eight-year-old Moncho emerges from a sheltered childhood to begin his first day of school. Told by his elder brother that teachers beat little boys, Moncho is so terrified that he runs away from the school and spends the day and night hiding in the nearby forest.
His teacher, however, is a kind-hearted man and personally goes to Moncho to ask him to return to his classroom. For the last ten minutes, the idyllic whimsy of the preceding summer frolics is suddenly replaced by the black cloud of stark reality. For the most part this is a charming and breezy coming-of-age tale for the two brothers, the youngest earning a valuable education from the gentle senior schoolmaster.
But while Don Gregorio is able to win his students and some of the parents over with his convivial manner and sagacious wit, his Republican politics, advocacy of freethinking and atheism put him at odds with certain members of the village.
Cuerda keeps the pace and mood very light and amiable, occasionally dipping the light a little to introduce a rare moment of doubt and conflict, but often it is back to the upbeat in a flash. Spain has often been seen as a country synonymous with sun and siestas and this rural period piece does a lot to propagate such an image, the relaxing atmosphere created as the kids run through the bucolic greenery and the splash about in the inviting rivers.
In what is a shocking wake up call for young Moncho, suddenly everything he has known for the past year is turned upside the moment the Civil War is declared — his mother begins burning certain family items at will, Moncho is told to deny an irrefutable truth and Ramon is no longer a Republican.
He joins a local dance band and experiences his first onrush of romantic feelings for a young woman. Many citizens freely declare their support of the republic that has brought unprecedented freedom and liberty, but you just know that there are dark forces lying low in the community, including the church, waiting for the opportunity to bring Spain under right-wing military rule.
We know that the Spanish Civil War will at last arrive here, but we are not prepared for how chillingly and how convincingly ordinary people can be consumed and transformed monstrously by fear. Times guidelines: mature themes, one fairly explicit sex scene. Editor Nacho Ruiz Capillas.
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