# Butterfly Man

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Butterfly Man
| image          = ButterflyMan.jpg
| caption        = Thai film poster
| director       = Kaprice Kea
| producer       = [Tom Waller](/source/Tom_Waller)
| writer         = Kaprice Kea
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [Stuart Laing](/source/Stuart_Laing_(actor))<br>[Napakpapha Nakprasitte](/source/Napakpapha_Nakprasitte)<br>[Francis McGee](/source/Francis_Magee)<br>[Gavan O'Herlihy](/source/Gavan_O'Herlihy)<br>Vasa Vatcharayon<br>[Abigail Good](/source/Abigail_Good)<br>[Kirsty Mitchell](/source/Kirsty_Mitchell)
| music          = Steve Bentley-Klein
| cinematography = Mark Duffield
| editing        = Atisthan Sangawut<br>William Watts  
| studio         = De Warenne Pictures<br>[GMM Grammy](/source/GMM_Grammy)
| distributor    = [GMM Pictures](/source/GMM_Grammy)
| released       = {{Film date|2002|12|06|Thailand|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 95 minutes
| country        = {{ubl|[Thailand](/source/Cinema_of_Thailand)|[United Kingdom](/source/Cinema_of_the_United_Kingdom)}}
| language       = [English](/source/English_language)
| budget         = 
}}
'''''Butterfly Man'''''  ({{langx|th|ผีเสื้อร้อนรัก}}) is a 2002 Thai-British [adventure](/source/adventure_film)-[romantic drama film](/source/romantic_drama_film) directed and written by Kaprice Kea and starring [Stuart Laing](/source/Stuart_Laing_(actor)) and [Napakpapha Nakprasitte](/source/Napakpapha_Nakprasitte).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/11/20/butterfly_man_2002_review.shtml|title=Butterfly Man (2002)|author=Smith, Neil|date=20 November 2002}}</ref>

==Plot==
thumb|left|upright=0.9|Napakpapha Nakprasitte as Em.
Adam, an [English](/source/England) [backpacker](/source/backpacking_(travel)), breaks up with his girlfriend immediately after arriving with her in [Thailand](/source/Thailand). He then strikes out on his own, leaving [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok) for [Ko Samui](/source/Ko_Samui). There, he meets Em, a young [masseuse](/source/massage). At first, their relationship is innocent, but Adam soon grows frustrated and starts hitting the bars and becoming a [sex tourist](/source/sex_tourism), or "[butterfly](/source/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.

==Cast==
*[Stuart Laing](/source/Stuart_Laing_(actor)) as Adam 
*[Napakpapha Nakprasitte](/source/Napakpapha_Nakprasitte) as Em 
*[Francis Magee](/source/Francis_Magee) as Joey 
*Carl Henry Exantus as Michael
*[Gavan O'Herlihy](/source/Gavan_O'Herlihy) as Bill Kincaid 
*[Abigail Good](/source/Abigail_Good) as No Name 
*Vasa Vatcharayon as Noi 
*[Kirsty Mitchell](/source/Kirsty_Mitchell) as Kate
*[Gareth Myles](/source/Gareth_Myles_(actor)) as Clive

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0283972|title=Butterfly Man}}

Category:2002 films
Category:British romantic drama films
Category:2002 English-language films
Category:2002 romantic drama films
Category:Films about interracial romance
Category:Thai romantic drama films
Category:2002 British films
Category:2002 Thai films
Category:English-language romantic drama films

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