Fatherless teenager Chai has had to grow up too soon.
Thirty-something Ben has never grown up at all.
They should never have fallen in love...
Inspired by Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, this bold retelling of a passionate encounter between East and West sees recklessly hedonistic accounts manager Ben away in Bangkok for a brief work assignment just as his marriage to Alex is hitting the rocks. There he meets Chai, a hard-working IT engineer, who sends every penny he earns back home to support his widowed mother and younger brother. As the two fall desperately in love, their all-consuming relationship spirals out of control, and it’s not only their lives changed forever.
Thirty-something Ben has never grown up at all.
They should never have fallen in love...
Inspired by Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, this bold retelling of a passionate encounter between East and West sees recklessly hedonistic accounts manager Ben away in Bangkok for a brief work assignment just as his marriage to Alex is hitting the rocks. There he meets Chai, a hard-working IT engineer, who sends every penny he earns back home to support his widowed mother and younger brother. As the two fall desperately in love, their all-consuming relationship spirals out of control, and it’s not only their lives changed forever.
Bangkok Butterfly is currently in development with
Poisson Rouge Pictures in London.
Producers: Christopher Granier-Deferre,
Donsaron Kovitvanitcha
Poisson Rouge Pictures in London.
Producers: Christopher Granier-Deferre,
Donsaron Kovitvanitcha