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form y separately published work icon The Butterfly Tree single work   film/TV  
First known date: 2008 Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Butterfly Tree
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'Young Fin (The Visit's Ed Oxenbould) and his father Al (Ewen Leslie) are grieving the loss of Fin's mother three years before, albeit in very different and singular ways. When their small town gains a new florist — a mysterious, warm, and beautiful woman named Evelyn (the luminous Melissa George) — Al and Fin encounter her uniquely, each without the other's knowledge.

'In short order, Evelyn electrifies them both. But when father and son discover they are, essentially, competing for Evelyn's attention, the emotionally charged events that transpire threaten to unravel their already-threadbare relationship.'

Source: Toronto International Film Festival (http://www.tiff.net/tiff/the-butterfly-tree/). Sighted: 13/09/2017

Production Details

  • As a screenplay, The Insect King won the Montel Miller Award at the 2008 AWGIE Awards. A rehearsed reading of the script held at Cinema Nova, Carlton, Victoria, 10 February 2010.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: The Insect King
Form: screenplay
      2008 .

Works about this Work

Priscilla Cameron : Creating The Butterfly Tree Grant Watson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: FilmInk , 31 July 2017;

— Review of The Butterfly Tree Priscilla Cameron , 2008 single work film/TV
The Butterfly Tree Review – Melissa George Radiant in Tale of Lost Souls Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 August 2017;

'Desire and secrets unfold from an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy and a moon-eyed florist in this ambitious, visually rich drama.'

Priscilla Cameron : Creating The Butterfly Tree Grant Watson , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: FilmInk , 31 July 2017;

— Review of The Butterfly Tree Priscilla Cameron , 2008 single work film/TV
The Butterfly Tree Review – Melissa George Radiant in Tale of Lost Souls Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 August 2017;

'Desire and secrets unfold from an unlikely friendship between a teenage boy and a moon-eyed florist in this ambitious, visually rich drama.'

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