
As Borboletas Também Amam
1979, Portuguese. Directed by J.B. Tanko.
Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Portuguese
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- Released
- 15 December 1979
- Country
- Brazil
- Written by
- J.B. Tanko
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As Borboletas Também Amam runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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As Borboletas Também Amam isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 December 1979. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed As Borboletas Também Amam?
As Borboletas Também Amam (1979) was directed by J.B. Tanko and stars Paulo Porto, Rossana Ghessa, Neila Tavares.