Black Butterfly


1h 33m 2017

Brief Synopsis

Outside a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul, a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter at a diner with a drifter named Jack, Paul offers Jack a place to stay - and soon the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game of one-upmanship that will bring at least one tale to an end.

Film Details

Also Known As
Black Butterfly (Remake), Crni leptir
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
2017
Location
Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Synopsis

Outside a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul, a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter at a diner with a drifter named Jack, Paul offers Jack a place to stay - and soon the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game of one-upmanship that will bring at least one tale to an end.

Crew

Tullio Abruzzese

Production Assistant

Reid Ackerman

Assistant

Maurizio Agostinelli

Driver

Maurizio Agostinelli

Coordinator

Renato Agostini

Special Effects Coordinator

Jin Sungjin Ahn

Visual Effects

Aaron Akins

Song Performer

Aaron Akins

Music Composer

Sofia Amabile

Hair Stylist

Gaia Amato

Stunts

Jocelyn Armah

Production Accountant

Meghan Armstrong

Post-Production Supervisor

Mark Ashworth

Sound

Tonino Auranta

Driver

Mauro Aversano

Stunts

Monika Bacardi

Producer

Gerard Barba

Executive Producer

Lorenzo La Barbera

Electrician

Guendalina Barbieri

Set Decorator

Federica Bastreghi

Makeup Artist

Fabrizio Bava

Assistant Director

Umberto Bendini

Camera

Andrea Di Benedetto

Electrician

Federico Benvenuti

Stunts

Alessandro Bernabei

Electrician

Scot Boland

Casting Director

Daniele Bonanni

Grip

Barry Brooker

Executive Producer

Alberto Burgueno

Producer

Victoria Burrows

Casting Director

Christophe Carmona

Executive Producer

Gaia Casanova

Casting Director

Edoardo Catellani

Production Secretary

Gianluca Caterini

Driver

Benedetta Catufa

Casting

Francois Charlant

Executive Producer

Gabriele Chiti

Camera

Valentin Ciobanu

Driver

Valentin Ciobanu

Coordinator

Fabio Ciotto

Assistant Camera

Emiliano Cobai

Sound

Francesco Colicigno

Location Manager

Alessandro Colini

Electrician

Maurizio Consoli

Transportation

Maurizio Consoli

Driver

Marco Corridori

Special Effects Assistant

Stefano Corridori

Special Effects Assistant

Juan Cortes

Music

Elide Cortesi

Script Supervisor

Floriana Cosentino

Camera

Mario Courrier

Electrician

Francesco Cucinelli

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Angela D'aguanno

Extras Agent/Coordinator

Valentina De Cassan

Assistant Director

Anna De Santis

Hair Stylist

Ferdinando Dell'omo

Production Supervisor

Fabio Dell'orco

Electrician

Massimo Di Domenico

Electrician

Enzo Di Liberto

Foley Artist

Fabio Di Michele

Transportation Captain

Fabio Di Michele

Generator Operator

Vittorio Di Persio

Painter

Romolo Eucalitto

Still Photographer

Claudio Fabbriani

Grip

Sandro Fabbriani

Key Grip

Sabrina Fabrizi

Seamstress Supervisor

Bruno Falconi

Property Master

Carlo Fanfoni

Sound

Michael Fissneider

Production Designer

Antonio Fortunati

Electrician

Adrian Foulkes

Music Producer

Jacopo Fournier

Assistant Director

Roberto De Franceschi

Camera Operator

Theo Francocco

Sound Effects Editor

Alex Freitas

Visual Effects

Marc Frydman

Screenplay

Marc Frydman

Producer

Valentina Fucci

Assistant Costume Designer

Alessio Gabriele

Electrician

Nagore Garcia

Assistant Editor

Jason Garrett

Executive Producer

Ion Gheorghita

Coordinator

Ion Gheorghita

Driver

Andrea Schweitzer Gil

Visual Effects

Gustavo Gini

Music

Susanna Giorgi

Dailies

Simone Girolami

Stunts

Valerio Giubilei

Production Assistant

Aniello Guarnieri

Driver

Diego Guerra

Stunts

Silvia Guidoni

Costumes

Jorge Hernandez Lobo

Makeup

Sharon Howard-field

Casting

Mario Iaquone

Sound Mixer

Andrea Iervolino

Producer

Manuel Incagnoli

Electrician

Sacha Ippoliti

Camera Operator

Andrei Jdanov

Stunts

Julia Juaniz

Editor

Federico Jusid

Original Music

Federico Jusid

Music

Jay Kinsella

Visual Effects

Alexandra Klim-wiren

Producer

Herve Korian

Source Material

Zane Kozak

Visual Effects

Antonio La Barbera

Gaffer

Davide Leoni

Camera

Gioia Libardoni

Assistant Producer

Luigi Lombari

Driver

Luigi Lombari

Coordinator

Miklos Lukacs

Music

Miklos Lukacs Jr.

Music

Rod Lurie

Producer

Duccio Maccari

Camera

Renata Malinconico

Assistant

Danielle Maloni

Supervising Producer

Fabio Mancini

Unit Manager

Giuseppe Manzi

Unit Production Manager

Angelo Marchesani

Other

Angelo Marchesani

Driver

Guglielmo Marchetti

Co-Executive Producer

Marco Marinelli

Sound Effects Editor

Massimo Marinelli

Sound Effects Editor

Giovanni Marolla

Music Supervisor

Viki Marras

Coproducer

Eduardo Martin

Sound Mixer

Eduardo Martin

Boom Operator

Roberto Martino

Other

Roberto Martino

Driver

Gionata Marzeddu

Stunts

Romano Di Mascio

Electrician

Nunzio Masino

Electrician

Anthony Mastromauro

Executive Producer

Antonio Messino

Location Manager

Carmelo Miccoli

Production Assistant

Devis Mocci

Driver

Manolo Molinaro

Driver

Marco Molinaro

Driver

Nicolas Molinaro

Driver

Gianni Monciotti

Audio Post-Production

Amenah Monem

Set Decorator

Jost David Montero

Camera Operator

Jost David Montero

Director Of Photography

Diego Montinari

Driver

Alessandro Morbidelli

Props

Stefano Morbidelli

Property Master

Silvio Muraglia

Producer

Blayke Nadeau

Visual Effects

Peter Nalli

Visual Effects

Peter Nalli

Visual Effects Supervisor

Alessio Nannicini

Electrician

Federica Nardelli

Production Coordinator

Elibet Navarra

Post-Production

Alessandro Novelli

Stunt Coordinator

Emiliano Novelli

Stunts

Peter Nykiel

Accountant

Jamie O'keeffe

Assistant

Orlando Orlandi

Production Assistant

Emmanuel Paintendre

Executive Producer

Fabio Palmisano

Foley

Mauro Paradiso

Production Designer

Antonietta Parmegiani

Seamstress Supervisor

Massimo Cantini Parrini

Costume Designer

Francesco Pegoretti

Hair

Peter Pejtsik

Music

Barbara Pellegrini

Makeup Artist

Alessandro Pelliccia

Video Post-Production

Sara Peluso

Production Assistant

Juan Antonio Garcia Peredo

Producer

Edoardo Peschisolido

Driver

Roshan Pinto

Visual Effects

Yolanda J Polonio

Assistant

Tonino Quaranta

Other

Marco Raimondi

Electrician

Valentina Ribezzi

Production Assistant

Laura Riccardi

Assistant Costume Designer

David Rogers

Executive Producer

Pierpaolo Di Rosa

Unit Manager

Luca John Rosati

Assistant Director

Stefano Rosati

Generator Operator

Stefano Rosati

Driver

Gianluca Rosetta

Driver

Marco Sallustri

Grip

Alessandro Salvatori

Sound Editor

Federico Santangelo

Location Manager

Erika Scaramella

Post-Production Supervisor

Francesca Scutti

Cashier

Filippo Silli

Video Assistant

Suzanne M. Smith

Casting

Massimiliano Soria

Production Assistant

Euglen Sota

Camera

Abbey Spacil

Assistant

Guido Spizzico

Boom Operator

Kamil Stanisz

Electrician

Justin Stanley

Screenplay

Luca Stefanini

Driver

Mark Sult

Editor

Claudio Terlizzi

Electrician

Adriano Torre

Electrician

Marco Della Torre

Assistant Director

Film Details

Also Known As
Black Butterfly (Remake), Crni leptir
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
2017
Location
Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Samuel L. Jackson had been previously mentioned to co-star.

Released in United States on Video July 25, 2017

Video on Demand in United States May 26, 2017

Released in United States May 26, 2017

Remake of the tv movie "Papillon Noir" (France/2008) directed by Christian Faure.

Released in United States May 26, 2017

Released in United States on Video July 25, 2017

Nicholas Cage and Veronica Ferres were previously attached to co-star.

Project was previously in development at Bavariapool with Hyde Park Entertainment as co-financier.

Video on Demand in United States May 26, 2017