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Plot. In a Galician town in the 1930s, a young boy, Moncho, goes to school for the first time and is taught by Don Gregorio about life and literature. At first, Moncho is afraid that the teachers will hit him, since that was the standard procedure, but he is relieved to discover that Don Gregorio does not hit his pupils.
Butterfly's Tongue (2000) - Synopsis. Late winter, 1936. In a small Galician village, Moncho, a boy of eight, is about to begin school, having been unable to do so at the beginning of the academic year like everyone else because of asthma. How he is afraid.
Jul 26, 2000 · An often powerful, sometimes flat film about a young boy caught between the free spirit of his inspirational teacher and the new Fascists as Spain approaches Civil War.
Known in English as Butterfly’s Tongue or more simply Butterfly, La Lengua de Las Mariposas focuses on life in Galician Spain just prior to the Spanish Civil War.
Sep 10, 2012 · Eight-year-old Moncho (Lozano) runs away from his first day in school, terrified that his teacher Don Gregorio (Fernán-Gómez) is a flogger. His concerns are misplaced and, once he's coaxed back, he...
Butterfly's Tongue. Reviewed by: Angus Wolfe Murray. Tweet. There is a sting in the tail of this charming, sentimental tale of a shy eight-year-old asthmatic Spanish boy's rural education into the mysterious lives of grown ups.
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.
