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The Butterfly Tattoo is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 17 april 2009 with Abigail Tarttelin
The Butterfly Tattoo (2009)
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Add to a movie listThe Butterfly Tattoo is a 2008 feature film, based on the Philip Pullman novel The White Mercedes (also released as The Butterfly Tattoo). The film is particularly notable given that despite being a commercial production it actively sought to provide training and experience for young film-makers. The film also used a novel method of financing its production, by selling shares to members of the public.
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Chris, a naive lad, suspended between school and college, and Jenny, a free spirit fleeing a traumatised childhood, fall in love against the backdrop of modern Oxford. But they are caught in the crossfire, as the past of Barry Miller catches up with him in the form of Carson, a gangster out for revenge.Actors
Abigail Tarttelin
(Fenella)
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