Butterfly Man (Thai: ผีเสื้อร้อนรัก) is a 2002 Thai-British adventure-romantic drama film directed and written by Kaprice Kea and starring Stuart Laing and Napakpapha Nakprasitte.[1]

Butterfly Man
Thai film poster
Directed byKaprice Kea
Written byKaprice Kea
Produced byTom Waller
StarringStuart Laing
Napakpapha Nakprasitte
Francis McGee
Gavan O'Herlihy
Vasa Vatcharayon
Abigail Good
Kirsty Mitchell
CinematographyMark Duffield
Edited byAtisthan Sangawut
William Watts
Music bySteve Bentley-Klein
Production
companies
De Warenne Pictures
GMM Grammy
Distributed byGMM Pictures
Release date
  • 6 December 2002 (2002-12-06) (Thailand)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryThailand/UK
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Napakpapha Nakprasitte as Em.

Adam, an English backpacker, breaks up with his girlfriend immediately after arriving with her in Thailand. He then strikes out on his own, leaving Bangkok for Ko Samui. There, he meets Em, a young masseuse. At first, their relationship is innocent, but Adam soon grows frustrated and starts hitting the bars and becoming a sex tourist, or "butterfly man", flirting from woman to woman. Meanwhile, the ugly side of Samui starts to reveal itself, with a human trafficking, slavery, and prostitution ring, run by British mafia, exposed. Adam gets in trouble with the British mafia. Em helps him get away, so the British mafia beats her severely. Adam manages to escape via a small boat, taking Em with him. They get married on the boat but then Em dies. He keeps his promise to take her body to her home village and ends up staying in Thailand.

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References

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  1. ^ Smith, Neil (20 November 2002). "Butterfly Man (2002)". BBC.
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