Butterfly on the Shoulder

Butterfly on the Shoulder
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Directed by	Jacques Deray
Written by	Jean-Claude Carrière; Tonino Guerra
Based on	The Velvet Well; by John Gearon
Produced by	Yves Gasser; Yves Peyrot; Klaus Hellwig
Starring	Lino Ventura
Cinematography	Jean Boffety; Jean Charvein
Edited by	Henri Lanoë
Music by	Claude Bolling
Production; company	Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution
Release date	3 May 1978;
Running time	95 minutes
Language	French
Box office	$4.1 million

Butterfly on the Shoulder (or Un papillon sur l'épaule) is a French drama, thriller film directed by Jacques Deray.

Plot

When he stops in Barcelona (Catalonia) with his wife for a week, Roland Fériaud discovered in his hotel a man in agony before being knocked out. He wakes up in a mental hospital where he questions the insistently on a mysterious briefcase that he has no memory ...

Cast

Lino Ventura : Roland Fériaud
Paul Crauchet : Raphaël
Nicole Garcia : Sonia
Jean Bouise : Dr. Bavier
Laura Betti : Madame Carrabo
Xavier Depraz : Miguel Carrabo
Jacques Maury : Goma
Dominique Lavanant : The Young Woman
José Lifante : The Commissioner
Claudine Auger : The coat's woman
Roland Bertin : The Official

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
1979	César Awards	César Award for Best Editing	Henri Lanoë	Nominated

References

^ "Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978) – JPBox-Office".

External links

Un papillon sur l'épaule at IMDb

This article related to a French film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a 1970s thriller film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978) – JPBox-Office".

[1]

v t e Jean-Claude Carrière
Films written	The Suitor (1962) Heureux Anniversaire (1962) Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) Yo Yo (1965) Viva Maria! (1965) Attack of the Robots (1966) The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) Hotel Paradiso (1966) The Thief of Paris (1967) Belle de Jour (1967) Pour un amour lointain (1968) The Great Love (1969) The Milky Way (1969) La Piscine (1969) Borsalino (1970) The Wedding Ring (1970) Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971) Taking Off (1971) The Outside Man (1972) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Liza (1972) The Monk (1972) The Phantom of Liberty (1974) The Woman in Red Boots (1974) Serious as Pleasure (1975) La Chair de l'orchidée (1975) Weak Spot (1975) Scrambled Eggs (1976) Le Gang (1977) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978) Surprise Sock (1978) Jigsaw (1979) The Tin Drum (1979) Return to the Beloved (1979) The Associate (1979) Every Man for Himself (1980) The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) Passion (1982) The General of the Dead Army (1983) Danton (1983) Swann in Love (1984) Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986) The Last Image (1986) Max mon amour (1986) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) The Possessed (1988) The Bengali Night (1988) Valmont (1989) Hard to Be a God (1989) The Mahabharata (1989) May Fools (1990) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) The Return of Casanova (1992) The Night and the Moment (1995) The Horseman on the Roof (1995) The Ogre (1996) Chinese Box (1997) War in the Highlands (1998) Birth (2004) Goya's Ghosts (2006) Ulzhan (2007) The Artist and the Model (2012) The Patience Stone (2012) In the Shadow of Women (2015) Lover for a Day (2017) A Faithful Man (2018) At Eternity's Gate (2018) The Salt of Tears (2020) The Crusade (2021) Land of Dreams (2021) The Plough (2023)
Stage works	The Mahabharata (1985) Clara (1998) Wagner Dream (2007)
TV series written	The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1964)
Books written	The Power of Buddhism (1999)