Ann, a reclusive elegant lady, with an obsession for butterflies, is surprisingly befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence, Alice establishes a disturbing mother daughter relationship with Ann. Lured into her twisted world, Ann soon discovers that she is not the only recipient of the girl's affections.
Confronted by Alice's other lady friends, Ann's shock awakens a dark, hidden past, unchaining a spiral of madness: a series of brutal and bizarre crimes that Ann will have to commit to preserve her harmless and deceptive appearances. The only one who recognizes there's something unsettling about Ann, is nine year old Julie, her next door neighbor's daughter.
With the inevitable curiosity of a child, Julie begins to explore the corners of Ann's apartment, discovering a dark secret hidden in the walls of the forbidden butterfly room.
No one believes what she's seen except for Ann's estranged daughter Dorothy. Horrified, she realizes that the fate of the young girl lies in her hands. To save both Julie, and herself, she must summon up the courage to confront an evil that has haunted her for years.
With special effects created by Academy Award winning AFX Studio and elegant and refined visuals, in contrast with the sickness of the story, the Butterfly Room is an all female story, an American thriller, with an European soul.
BARBARA STEELE - Ann
RAY WISE - Nick
ERICA LEERHSEN - Claudia
HEATHER LANGENKAMP - Dorothy
ELLERY SPRAYBERRY - Julie
JULIA PUTNAM - Alice
EMMA BERING - Monika
CAMILLE KEATON - Olga
JAMES KAREN - Clerk
ADRIENNE KING - Rachel
P. J. SOLES - Lauren
JOSEPH H. JOHNSON JR - Chris
MATTHEW GLEN JOHNSON - William
LORIN McCRALEY - Crazy Man
directed by
JONATHAN ZARANTONELLO
produced by
ENZO PORCELLI
written by
P. GUERRIERI, L. SARDIELLO, J. ZARANTONELLO
based on the novel
"Alice dalle 4 alle 5"
by JONATHAN ZARANTONELLO
music
PIVIO & ALDO DE SCALZI
music published by
FLIPPERMUSIC - CREUZA
director of photography
ANDREW STRAHORN
executive producers
ETHAN WILEY & MARK MORAN
associate producer
GIOVANNI DI PASQUALE
editing
CLELIO BENEVENTO & CHARLES BORNSTEIN A.C.E.
production designer
ROY REDE
costumes
ALESSANDRA MONTAGNA
assistant editor
MARIA IOVINE
sound editor
ANGELO MIGNOGNA
sound effects
MARIO & ALESSANDRO GIACCO – ONDASONORA
visual effects
SPARK DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
film stock
KODAK
digital intermediate and film processing
TECHNICOLOR
presented by
ACHAB FILM (Italy)
EMERGENCY EXIT PICTURES (Usa)
WISEACRE FILMS
in association with
RAI CINEMA
with the support of
MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITA' CULTURALI DIREZIONE GENERALE PER IL CINEMA (Italy)
shot in LOS ANGELES (USA) on RED CAMERA
35mm and DCP – 87' – color – 1:2,35 – Dolby Digital
Copyright 2012
ITA